Fuel shortages grip Conakry after deadly oil storage blast
GUINEANS should brace for power cuts, the government has warned, as the country grapples with the aftermath of a deadly explosion at an oil terminal in the capital Conakry that destroyed fuel tanks and forced hundreds to flee damaged homes. Fourteen people were killed and 190 injured in the blast at the West African nation's main oil terminal, which rocked the Kaloum district in downtown Conakry in the early hours of Monday. The government said 13 fuel storage tanks were out of service while five tanks were unaffected. "The government informs the population that due to the destroyed fuel stocks,…