Mozambique says it will reverse the increase in the price of bread that sparked deadly riots last week.

莫桑比克政府称，将降低面包的售价。上周莫桑比克因高物价爆发了致命的暴动。

The announcement of the change in policy came from the planning minister, Aiuba Cuereneia, who also said the country would restore some subsidies¹（补贴，津贴） for electricity and water.

A jump in the price of bread and other goods sparked three days of protests.

The government said more than 400 people had been arrested in the wake of（紧紧跟随） the riots（暴动，骚乱） , which left 13 people dead.

The minister's statement said the government would "maintain the previous price of bread through the introduction of a subsidy²."

The Mozambique government had previously³ called the price rises "irreversible".

Keeping food prices low in the country is difficult because so much of its food has to be imported.

The southeastern African nation grows only 30% of the wheat it needs.

The price hikes（物价上涨） were partly caused by a decline in the value of the Mozambican currency against the South African rand, analysts⁴ say, which means imports grow more expensive.

On top of that, wheat prices have risen in value anyway following a drought in Russia, one of the world's main exporters.