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Bureau: São Paulo
Senegal suspended all non-essential minister travel, citing 'extremely difficult' times -- the first West African government to impose austerity directly from the Iran war's oil shock.
Kenya holds 16 days of petrol and 19 days of diesel, secured a new shipment, and promised stable April prices -- a narrower buffer than any East African country has admitted.
Cuba's national power grid has collapsed for the fifth time since the US oil blockade began; the collapses are now so routine that neither Havana nor Washington treats them as events.