马拉维启动全国性打击行动，针对囤积燃油和黑市卖家，因为该国正面临短缺问题，导致卡车司机排队长达一周，部分路线的公交票价翻倍。
Malawi launched a nationwide crackdown on fuel hoarders and black market sellers as the nation struggles with shortages that have left truckers queuing for up to a week and bus fares doubling on some routes.
由于该国缺乏硬通货购买燃油供应，柴油和汽油已数周紧张，引发美元争夺战，中央银行出售黄金以支付供应商，政府重返国际货币基金组织寻求救助。
Diesel and petrol have been scarce for weeks because the country lacks the hard currency to buy fuel supplies, sparking a scramble for dollars that has seen the central bank sell off gold to pay suppliers and the government return to the IMF for a bailout.
马拉维是非洲燃油零售价最高的国家之一，每升超过3美元，凸显了每桶原油价格超过100美元对进口依赖型经济体的影响，这些经济体缺乏足够的缓冲。无证经销商将面临逮捕，被发现囤积燃油的加油站可能在新措施下吊销执照。
Malawi, which has among the highest fuel pump prices in Africa at more than $3 a liter, highlights the impact of a $100-plus per barrel crude price on import-dependent economies with thin buffers. Unlicensed resellers face arrest, and stations caught hoarding can lose their license under the new measures.
国际货币基金组织上周表示，正在制定“一揽子宏观经济政策”方面取得“相当大的进展”。其上一个方案是去年5月到期的1.75亿美元贷款，这是一系列援助方案中的最新一项，旨在支持非洲最贫困的国家之一，该国以农业为基础的经济受到极端天气模式的严重冲击。
The IMF last week said it was making “considerable progress” in designing a “package of macroeconomic policies.”Its last program was a $175 million loan that expired in May last year, the latest in a string of support packages for one of the continent’s poorest countries, whose agriculture-based economy has been hit hard by extreme weather patterns.