Senegal hit by nationwide power outage

Senegal was hit by a nationwide power outage on Thursday, the West African country's power firm said. Senegal was hit by a nationwide electricity outage on Thursday following an accident at a power station in the capital, Senegal's power utility Senelec said in a statement. The accident at the 90,000-volt Hann station triggered a wider outage on an interconnection grid, disrupting electricity distribution across the country, Senelec said. It did not give any further details about the accident. Since a severe power crisis a decade ago that crippled businesses and led to violent riots, Senegal has carried out reforms and invested heavily in generation and transmission to improve power supply. The utility said in a statement to Reuters that power was gradually being restored to some regions, and parts of the capital, Dakar. ➤ Click here to follow our WhatsApp channel for more stories.