Tag: Blackout
Independent Africa
Sierra Leone faces prolonged blackouts due to $48m unpaid electricity bills
For weeks, Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, and other urban centers have been shrouded in darkness owing to overdue electricity payments to power providers. This...
Features
Dysfunctional blackout or dysfunctional judgment?
Blackout, blacklisting, demonstration, picketing are trappings of democracy allowed under the lawOn February 9, 2024, the Chairman of the National Media Commission (NMC), Yaw...
Independent Africa
South Africa fears blackout due to a winter alert
South Africa is braced for a harsh winter after the state-owned power utility Eskom predicted widespread power outages.“With the winter season upon us, our...
News
ECG warns clients against harassing its employees
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has sternly warned its consumers against attacking its employees.Some staff of the company have recently come under attack...
Independent Africa
Ethiopia offers no date for end to blackout in Tigray region
There is "no timeline” for restoring internet access to Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region, a senior government official said Tuesday.The restoration of Tigray’s internet service...
World
As Russia attacks, Ukrainians offer tips on survival, optimism
People share wartime survival techniques as Russian missile attacks plunge the nation’s capital into darkness.
If you have no electricity, but don’t want your frozen...
Independent Africa
Malawi in total darkness caused by electricity tower vandals
Officials from Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) say Wednesday evening’s national blackout was as a result of vandalism on one of its towers...
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