Ethopia: Drivers queue for days as Hawassa’s fuel shortage reaches crisis point; black market prices hit 170 birr per liter

Addis Abeba – Drivers in Hawassa, the capital of Sidama Regional State, report an acute and worsening fuel shortage, which they attribute to widespread black market sales within the city.

In an interview with Addis Standard, Hawassa residents shared that it has become customary to queue for over four days at gas stations to fill their tanks or…