{"id":181540,"date":"2026-04-10T19:42:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/181540\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T19:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:42:14","slug":"fuel-crisis-forces-tanzania-president-samia-suluhu-to-downsize-convoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/181540\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuel crisis forces Tanzania President Samia Suluhu to downsize convoy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following pressure from rising global oil prices, Samia Suluhu Hassan<\/a> has decided to trim the scale of her official convoys, a shift aimed at reducing fuel use and cutting operational costs.<\/p>\n

The Tanzanian<\/a> leader, whose motorcades have often drawn attention for their size, is now directing a more restrained approach to presidential travel. Her decision comes as several African countries<\/a> scramble to manage fuel shortages and surging prices triggered by international supply disruptions.<\/p>\n

Across the continent, governments are adopting emergency responses. Madagascar has declared a state of emergency<\/a> to curb fuel consumption. South Africa has reduced its fuel levy, while Ethiopia<\/a> has rolled out fuel rationing. In Senegal, authorities have halted non-essential overseas trips for ministers.<\/p>\n

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Hassan, addressing the issue on Wednesday, outlined a more coordinated system for officials who travel with her.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom today, whenever I travel, the officers accompanying me will use consolidated transport in small buses to reduce fuel consumption and operational costs during this period,\u201d Hassan said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Previously, her convoys often stretched into dozens of vehicles, transporting aides, security personnel and protocol teams. A widely circulated video showing a 30-car motorcade once stirred debate online about the scale of presidential movements in Africa, with Hassan\u2019s convoy frequently cited among the longest.<\/p>\n

Despite the changes, she assured that Tanzania has enough fuel reserves to last for up to three months, while warning businesses against exploiting the situation through price hikes.<\/p>\n

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Fuel prices have climbed sharply in recent weeks, rising by $0.40 per liter within a fortnight. The spike has been linked to tensions surrounding the Strait of Hormuz<\/a> and the ongoing Iran war, both of which have disrupted global supply chains, the AP reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following pressure from rising global oil prices, Samia Suluhu Hassan has decided to trim the scale of her…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26103,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[5541,93345,471,8415,65368,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-181540","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tanzania","8":"tag-fuel-prices","9":"tag-fuel-prices-in-africa","10":"tag-president-samia-suluhu-hassan","11":"tag-samia-suluhu-hassan","12":"tag-strait-of-hormuz","13":"tag-tanzania"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@africa\/116382121592790135","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}