Comoros: Stations Criticise the Hydrocarbon Society's Fuel Distribution System

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In the Comoros, eight private service stations denounce in a statement major malfunctions in the distribution of fuel and announce the temporary suspension of their orders from the Comorian Hydrocarbon Company (SCH), the country's only importer. In force since Saturday 18 April, the measure denounces irregular deliveries, conditions imposed during the transport and a lack of logistical control. The signatories also accuse the SCH of favoring its…

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In a press release, the eight suppliers, most of which are located in the capital, denounced unfair competition in the hydrocarbons sector, particularly from the Comorian company that supplies petroleum products. This is yet another crisis penalizing road users, already at their wits' end due to the fuel shortage plaguing the country. In a statement released Friday evening, the main private service stations in Moroni announced a strike, beginnin…