Roundup: Middle East tensions push up informal fuel prices in Benin
COTONOU, March 31 (Xinhua) -- Though thousands of kilometers away from the Middle East, where conflicts involving Iran, the United States and Israel have claimed lives and devastated local economies, Benin is increasingly feeling the ripple effects, most notably through rising fuel prices.
"Before this conflict, we imported a 25-liter jerrycan of gasoline from Nigeria for 12,000 CFA francs (about 20.97 U.S. doll