Editing Regional effects of the 2021–2022 global energy crisis (section)

=== Africa ===
==== Cameroon ====
Cameroon has been hit by fuel shortages in July as most fuel stations run out of diesel and have to start rationing. Fuel subsidies cost the Cameroonian government over $1.2 billion a year and Yaounde has come under pressure from the IMF to stop them.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.africanews.com/2022/07/22/cameroonians-queue-for-fuel-as-shortages-hit-the-capital | title=Cameroonians queue for fuel as shortages hit the capital | date=22 July 2022 }}</ref>

==== Central African Republic ====
Fuel shortage and rising food prices exacerbated humanitarian assistance in the country, with some humanitarian flights having been either suspended or postponed due to high fuel price.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://reliefweb.int/report/central-african-republic/central-african-republic-alarming-fuel-shortage-exacerbates-worst-levels-humanitarian-needs-2015 | title=Central African Republic: Alarming fuel shortage exacerbates worst levels of humanitarian needs since 2015 – Central African Republic &#124; ReliefWeb | date=14 July 2022 }}</ref>

==== Ethiopia ====
In [[Ethiopia]], the government removed fuel subsidies in July, causing diesel price to increase by 38%. Motorists in the capital Addis Ababa were seen waiting in long queues for up to eight hours to refill.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-05/drivers-wait-eight-hours-to-refill-in-ethiopia-amid-fuel-crisis |title=Drivers Wait Eight Hours to Refill in Ethiopia's Fuel Crisis |first=Fasika |last=Tadesse |orig-date=5 July 2022 |date=6 July 2022 |work=[[Bloomberg News]]}}</ref> Ethiopia's government was urged to lift restrictions on fuel supplies to the [[Tigray War|war]]-torn [[Tigray Region]].<ref>{{cite news |title=EU urges Ethiopia to lift fuel restrictions to Tigray |url=https://www.africanews.com/2022/06/22/eu-urges-ethiopia-to-lift-fuel-restrictions-to-tigray/ |work=Africanews |date=22 June 2022}}</ref>

==== Kenya ====
In Kenya, a row between oil companies and the government over subsidy payments has resulted in reduced imports and a fuel crunch. Hours-long queues and strict rationing at petrol stations are reported.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.africanews.com/2022/04/05/drivers-queue-for-hours-as-kenya-reels-from-fuel-shortage | title=Drivers queue for hours as Kenya reels from fuel shortage | date=5 April 2022 }}</ref>

==== Nigeria ====
Fuel crisis exacerbated by the Russian-Ukraine conflict has caused prices for importing fuel to go up by more than 100%. Despite being an oil exporting country and Africa's [[Petroleum industry in Nigeria|biggest oil producer]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Oil rich, electricity poor. What will it take to solve Nigeria's energy crisis? |url=https://www.africanews.com/2022/03/23/oil-rich-electricity-poor-what-will-it-take-to-solve-nigeria-s-energy-crisis/ |work=[[Africanews]] |date=25 March 2022}}</ref> Nigeria imports almost all of its fuel since its refineries fail to cover the country's needs. Long lines up to eight hours are reported in the capital Lagos.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.africanews.com/2022/06/25/nigeria-continues-to-grapple-with-fuel-shortages-price-surges | title=Nigeria continues to grapple with fuel shortages, price surges | date=25 June 2022 }}</ref> The lack of A1 jet fuel has caused flights to be cancelled with passengers stranded in Abuja.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://thewhistler.ng/hundreds-of-passengers-stranded-in-abuja-airport-as-scarcity-of-jet-a1-fuel-bites-harder | title=Hundreds of Passengers Stranded in Abuja Airport as Scarcity of Jet A1 Fuel Bites Harder | date=24 July 2022 }}</ref>

==== Sierra Leone ====
{{See also|2022 Sierra Leone protests}}
In [[Sierra Leone]], protests triggered by rising cost of living and energy broke out in August. At least 21 civilians and 6 police officers were reported killed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-10 |title=Deadly anti-government protests erupt in Sierra Leone |url=https://apnews.com/article/africa-west-sierra-leone-julius-maada-bio-freetown-fb3b62ec79c0d7517850092b02e4edb8 |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}</ref>