Drivers of mass transportation cars in Cairo said on Sunday that the Diesel crisis in Egypt has been going through for around three months has revived the black market, one litre of diesel is sold for about L.E. 2.5 in the black market though its official price is L.E. 1.1.
"Selling diesel in the black market provides me with a good income in light of the tough economic conditions that Egypt has been going through since the uprising," a fuel broker who declined to be named told Aswat Masriya.
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