wn.com - 2 days ago

by Xinhua writers Si Yuan, Wang Yue, Huang Wei BAMAKO, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- As the midday sun scorches the streets of Bamako, capital of Mali, the usual hustle and bustle has given way to long queues of vehicles stretching for hundreds of meters in front of gas stations. Cars and motorcycles clog the main roads, with exhausted drivers dozing off behind the wheel or simply leaving the vehicles to hold their place in line. Empty jerrycans and plastic bottles litter the roadside, the air blended with gasoline fumes and dust. The station has been out of fuel for three days, said a staff member of Petro Mientao, a private gas station near King Fahd Bridge in Bamako. We re just trying to keep...

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