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Crisis in Yemen: Drivers stand in long queues in Sana'a to get fuel

A major fuel shortage has hit the Yemeni capital Sana'a, with drivers queuing for hours just to get a can of fuel from overcrowded petrol stations.

Severely restricted imports due to fighting in the port city of Hudaydah account for much of the fuel shortage. The Red Sea port reportedly accounts for around 70 percent of Yemen's basic commodity imports, including fuel. A plunge in the value of the Yemeni rial against the dollar has also reportedly seen fuel prices double on the black market in the past week.

"I have been here since yesterday evening and I did not get anything and the problem is that [fuel] is available on the black market for twenty thousand rials [67 EUR] and we do not have the ability to buy," said Mohammed, a local resident queuing for fuel.

(Source: Ruptly)


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