An unpaid bill for electricity has caused the capital of Guinea-Bissau, Bissau, to be without lights.
The Turkish energy company, Karpowership, decided to disconnect its services because the government of West Africa owes them $17m (£14m).
The Economy Minister, Suleimane Seidi, said he will pay most of the bill in two weeks.
Karpowership, which is a big floating power plant company, has a contract for five years to provide nearly all of Guinea-Bissau’s electricity.
Last month, the Turkish company disconnected electricity to Sierra Leone’s capital because the country owed a lot of money and hadn’t paid it.
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Guinea-Bissau capital in darkness as Turkey’s Karpowership pulls the plug on power supply
