MAPUTO
\nDozens of low fishing boats lay anchored in flat waters off Mozambique\u2019s capital, stranded for days as surging fuel costs kept their owners from heading out to sea.
\nSince the government hiked prices in early May because of the impact of the Middle East conflict on supply, many fishermen in Maputo\u2019s quiet Pescadores quarter have not had the cash to fuel a fishing trip.
\n\u201cThe impact is dramatic for us,\u201d said Carlos Nguenha, vice president of the local community fisheries council, as wooden boats bobbed idly behind him, some piled with nets.
\n\u201cThese conflicts don\u2019t only impact those countries, they affect the whole world,\u201d Nguenha said. \u201cWe appeal to them to sit down and talk so that we can overcome this.\u201d
\nNguenha\u2019s council covers 1,800 fishermen and nearly 290 boats on the Costa do Sol just north of the city. Members are young and old and mostly family breadwinners, with no other work, he said.
\nMozambique\u2019s energy authority in early May increased the cost of petrol by 12 percent to 83.6 meticais ($1.3) a liter. Diesel rose by nearly 46 percent to a record $1.8 a liter.
\nWhile fuel costs are slightly higher in other countries in the region, the sharp increase, coupled with erratic supply, has hit hard in Mozambique, which was listed as the world\u2019s second-poorest country in a World Bank economic update published in March 2026.
\nThere have been massive queues at filling stations and some people have reportedly given up using their own vehicles in favor of public transport.
\nIts poverty headcount, defined as people living on less than $3 per day, is 81 percent and most employment is informal and low-paying, the World Bank report said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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