War Helps Boost an African Nation’s Gas Price Over $14 a Gallon

A petrol attendant fills a motorcycle with fuel at a filling station in Lilongwe, Malawi.

Photographer: Amos Gumulira/AFP/Getty Images

Malawi raised its petrol price to 6,672 kwacha ($3.86) per liter, more than three times what US drivers are fretting over having to pay at the pump as oil surges due to the Iran war.

That would be about $14.61 a gallon, the more common measure of fuel used in the US, where regular gasoline is about $4.08 a gallon, according to the American Automobile Association.