Surging Fuel Costs Pressure African States as Protests Build
- Demonstrations have taken place in South Africa, Mozambique
- Governments evaluating subsidies, policy throughout continent
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Protests are building in Africa over surging fuel costs that have governments scrambling over how to respond.
Demonstrators blocked a key supply route in South Africa this week, tying up the delivery of commodities, over an increase in the regulated pump price. That followed a protest in Mozambique, the world’s third-poorest country, where bus drivers paralyzed the capital Maputo after diesel prices jumped.