Africa Monitor Intelligence
Angola: Crisis in the South Extends Toward 2027
Fuel shortages, observed since JUL–AUG, alongside rising fuel prices, have driven up transportation costs (by as much as 30% compared to 2025 levels). This, in turn, has pushed up food prices—particularly in the central and southern regions, where social conditions are deteriorating most severely. As the country relies on imports for approximately 70% of its gasoline and diesel consumption, it is experiencing widespread fuel shortages—especially outside of Luanda—exacerbated by rising international market costs, a lack of foreign currency liquidity, and the financial difficulties faced by the state-owned oil company, Sonangol.