Rise in the prices of petroleum products in CAR

Fanta DEMBA l LAMINE MEDIA
Translated into English by Susan CARTER-JONES l LNC

(Bangui on October 4, 2026 the LNC) Back from a diplomatic tour in the West, including a trip to Italy to meet the Pope, Touadéra returned to Bangui, where he defended the recent rise in prices of petroleum products at the pump.
Officially announced by the Minister of Energy and Hydraulics, Edwige Opportune Pouninguinza, the new pricing schedule that entered into force on October 2, 2026, marks a significant increase: prices: The liter of gasoline goes from 1,050 to 1,150 FCFA, from 1.60 to 1.75 euros, while diesel is increased from 1,250 to 1,400 FCFA, or from 1.91 to 2.13 euros. As for large consumers, they are charged a separate price, with one litre of gasoline at CFAF 1,500 and one litre of diesel at CFAF 1,650.
The rise in fuel prices is the third in three years.
To justify these increases, Touadéra and his government evoke the end of state subsidies as well as a tense international situation. Moreover, the Central African Republic, a landlocked country, is bearing the brunt of the logistical costs associated with its imports of petroleum products from the port of Douala in Cameroon.
On the ground, the impact was felt immediately. Hauliers, motorbike taxi users and traders already report a direct impact on the price of goods and urban transport. Faced with social discontent, the head of state has multiplied calls for dialogue. However, on the other hand, Quentin Ngbouando, head of the civil society platform I GWE, denounced to him on Saturday a decision amounting to "burying without funeral the population already economically asphyxiated." Believing that the increase will affect "households, small traders, carriers, motorcycle taxis and informal workers," already exposed to "crises, shortages and poor governance."



LNC
Date: October 4, 2026
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