{"id":32299,"date":"2026-04-17T15:04:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=32299"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:04:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:04:59","slug":"mozambique-eases-fuel-rules-to-stabilise-supply","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/mozambique-eases-fuel-rules-to-stabilise-supply\/","title":{"rendered":"Mozambique eases fuel rules to stabilise supply"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mozambique has introduced emergency measures to ease pressure on fuel supplies, allowing filling stations to purchase fuel from any licensed distributor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The move by the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy is aimed at stabilising the market amid ongoing supply disruptions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say the situation has been driven by a mix of internal and external factors, including rising global oil prices linked to the Middle East conflict, foreign currency constraints, and increased demand, partly influenced by consumption from neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mozambican economist Eduardo Sengo says the crisis highlights deeper structural pressures in the economy, with fuel supply remaining vulnerable to global shocks and domestic financial constraints.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14477,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-32299","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Mozambique has introduced emergency measures to ease pressure on fuel supplies,","published_date":"2026-04-17 15:04:26","news_description":"Mozambique has introduced emergency measures to ease pressure on fuel supplies,","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32301,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32299\/revisions\/32301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=32299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}