Fuel Crisis Returns to Mozambique's Tete With Only One Petrol Station Open
Petrol shortages returned to Tete, Mozambique's coal-mining hub, leaving just one station selling petrol on 25 September 2026. Drivers and motorbike-taxi riders waited in long queues while other stations taped off their petrol pumps. The official price is about US$1.47 per litre, but street sellers charged as much as US$2.51, and officials have not explained the shortage or said when supplies will normalize.
... Need maybe blank line between sections? Fine. Need ensure EXPANDED total under 120. We have 53 + 55? Let's recalc final with changes. First para: Mozambique has roughly 36 million residents and no refinery, so every litre of petrol is imported. Its 2025 economy, about US$22 billion, is smaller than Vermont’s. Tete lies inland on the Zambezi and anchors coal mining; fuel reaches it by truck, serving mines, cross-border lorries to Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe, and motorbike taxis. Count: Mozambique1 has2 roughly3 36? If number as word? 36 = thirty-six maybe one? Let's count tokens: Mozambique(1) has2 roughly3 36(4) million5 residents6 and7 no8 refinery9 so10 every11 litre12 of13 petrol14 is15 imported16. Its17 2025(18) economy19 about20 US$22(21) billion22 is23 smaller24 than25 Vermont’s26. Tete27 lies28 inland29 on30 the31 Zambezi32 and33 anchors34 coal35 mining36 fuel37 reaches38 it39 by40 truck41 serving42 mines43 cross-border44 lorries45 to46 Malawi47 Zambia48 and49 Zimbabwe50 an