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Gasoline shortages in Nigeria

May 4, 2015

Nigeria is the biggest oil producer in Africa, exporting around 2 million barrels of crude a day. But it doesn't have the capacity to refine all that oil at home so the country imports fuel to meet domestic demand.

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Nepal Erdbeben Kathmandu Helfer
Image: Reuters/N. Chitrakar

Nigeria is the biggest oil producer in Africa, exporting around 2 million barrels of crude a day. But it doesn't have the capacity to refine all that oil at home so the country imports fuel to meet domestic demand. That's led to major shortages, and massive corruption.