{"id":176675,"date":"2018-03-13T16:24:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T16:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/sudan-drivers-frustrated-by-fees-fuel-shortage\/"},"modified":"2018-03-13T16:24:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T16:24:00","slug":"sudan-drivers-frustrated-by-fees-fuel-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/sudan-drivers-frustrated-by-fees-fuel-shortage","title":{"rendered":"Sudan drivers frustrated by fees, fuel shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drivers in South Darfur have gone on strike in protest against the locality’s imposition of a fee of SDG 100 ($5.50*) on a large lorry, SDG 50 ($2.25) on a medium lorry and SDG 500 ($27.50) fine in case of non-payment.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Drivers' Union announced in a statement that it has entered into a strike since Thursday and filed a complaint to the state legislative council in protest against the imposition of the fees which it described as illegal.<\/p>\n

New Halfa<\/strong><\/p>\n

For more than a week, New Halfa in Sudan’s Kassala state has been experiencing a severe fuel crisis where vehicle owners line-up in front of fuel stations for supply.<\/p>\n

A driver said he had waited for more than five hours without getting fuel, while the residents have complained of suffering and difficulty of moving inside and outside the city.<\/p>\n

On Sunday the transport stations of Khartoum state have witnessed a severe transport crisis in all its localities where hundreds of residents have overcrowded in the main stations in search of a means to transport them to their areas.<\/p>\n

* Based on the official US Dollar rate quoted by the Central Bank of Sudan (CBoS)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n