An oil refinery strike in Tunisia is hitting the towns of Libya's Nafusa mountains hard.

With petrol stations closed and supplies dried up, the cost of a litre of fuel has rocketed and the black market is booming

Libyan rebels are believed to have taken over the Libyan motor tanker Cartagena yesterday morning, which was said to be carrying 40,000 tonnes of gasoline.

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