The Gambia, a tiny West African country hit by serious economic crisis, is again witnessing another major acute petrol shortages, unimpeachable sources from Banjul, announced today. Fleets of vehicles could be seen queing along the main Elton petrol station and other petrol outlets across the country. Sources say, the country which is also hit by unprecedented inflation is likely to witness another sharp hike in petrol prices. Sources say the price for petrol may increase from D19 to D25 per liter. Poor motorists are debating among themselves about the current economic woes hitting the west African country. In less than one year the Gambia, had witnessed series of pertol prices increment Some sources claimed that their is petrol in the country, but private dealers wanted to increase prices and are hiding behind what they called socalled petrol shortages. Transport fares are likely to go up again. Other sources blamed the hike of petrol prices to the depericiating dalasi, which is declining sharply against the dollar and the pound. _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~