Petrol stations in Juba suffered shortages of fuel over the weekend, in spite of a recent directive for the state oil company Nilepet to take measures to alleviate the shortage.

“Shortages begun Friday through Sunday with gradual improvements noted this morning,” a UN radio journalist said on Monday. “I saw motorists and motorcycle riders, some even carrying jerrycans in queues for both diesel and petrol.”

He noted that Nilepet ordered a consignment of fuel from neighboring Kenya to ease the shortage and stocks were refilled last week, but still shortages returned at some stations.

Black market dealers are also seen lining the roads with small bottles for sale.

File photo: A queue at Trojan Petroleum station, Juba, December 2013 (Radio Tamazuj)