00:00A deepening fuel crisis is paralyzing daily life across Sudan, where long queues of vehicles at the few operating stations
00:07have become a daily routine.
00:10Amid the ongoing civil war, domestic refining has been crippled by drone attacks targeting infrastructure and energy and fuel sources.
00:16At the same time, conflict in the Middle East since late February has led to significant fluctuations in international energy
00:23market prices.
00:26I started queuing for petrol at 7 this morning and I've been waiting for over two hours now.
00:31I don't know how much longer I'll have to wait. I haven't been able to fill up for a week
00:36and the price of petrol has gone up recently.
00:38Now it costs about US$58 per gallon. It's increased by over US$8 in just several days.
00:48The external shock of global oil prices has been worsened by the depreciation of the Sudanese pound against the US
00:55dollar, making every imported shipment more expensive.
01:00The Sudanese pound continues to depreciate against the dollar, exacerbating the fuel crisis.
01:06Hopefully the exchange rate will stabilize as soon as possible.
01:09Every morning when we wake up, we're forced to make a choice, go to work or queue for petrol.
01:14In addition to disrupting people's travel, the fuel shortage has driven up transportation and delivery costs, pushing the price of
01:21food and daily necessities higher.
01:23It's also impacting the economy and contributing to a worsening of the country's humanitarian crisis.
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