00:00Long waiting lines at gas stations have been a familiar sight in Malawi for years.
00:07Whether it's cars, motorcycles or trucks,
00:11all drivers hope that the fuel reserves will last long enough for a refill.
00:16There are, however, some silver linings in Malawi's ongoing fuel shortage crisis.
00:22On Friday, the government announced that the national fuel reserves
00:25were sufficient to last the country for 15 days.
00:29This hasn't been the case in the past five years.
00:33But the crisis is not yet over.
00:36Fuel prices remain exceptionally high, having increased by more than 80% since October.
00:42Malawi's wider economy is also struggling due to the crisis.
00:47The fuel shortage is driving up prices of other commodities, too,
00:51and hindering many services and businesses from functioning correctly.
00:56And the root causes of the shortage haven't disappeared.
01:00Malawi most importantly lacks foreign currency, which it needs to buy fuel.
01:06It may still take a while before the waiting lines at Malawi's gas stations finally get shorter.
01:12Malawi's gas stations naturally get shorter.
01:16Malawi's gas stations now get shorter.
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