Madagascar Calls for Calm Amid Gas-Station Queues, Express Says

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Madagascar’s mines and hydrocarbons minister, Mamy Rakotoarivelo, called for calm as queues formed at gas stations across the country for a third day amid speculation of a fuel shortage, l’Express reported.

Some outlets in the capital, Antananarivo, closed yesterday as gasoline supplies were depleted, while there was panic buying in the port of Toamasina, the inland cities of Antsirabe and Fianarantsoa, and the west-coast town of Morondava, the newspaper said.