It took nine days for the blaze in Conakry to be fully extinguished after a blast rocked the state oil company's main depot. Photo: STRINGER / AFPSource: AFPAlmost two weeks after a huge fire in Guinea's main fuel depot brought death and destruction, anger is growing as the economy is reeling, with inflation rising, petrol rationed and no trucks moving merchandise. At Conakry's main market, Madina, most stores are closed. But fuel is rationed, limited to 25 litres per vehicle, and five litres per motorcycle and three-wheeled tuk-tuk. "We are never sure to find fuel in the interior of the country," said taxi driver Mamadou Saliou Balde.

Source: Daily Nation December 28, 2023 17:52 UTC