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Political parties in Mali have called for a presidential election “as soon as possible” following the expiry of the extended transition period last month. Power has been restored in Tanzania after a massive nationwide blackout that affected several islands and most of the mainland on Monday.
The West African country has been ruled by a junta since August 2020 following a military coup that ousted former leader Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. The electricity outage struck shortly after 02:00 local time on Monday, privately owned newspaper Daily Citizen reported.
In March 2022, the current junta leader Col Assimi Goita extended the transition period by 24 months to March this year but he is yet to provide a date for new elections. State-run power company Tanesco said the outage was caused by a technical fault at the Kidatu hydroelectric power plant in the east of the country.
In separate statements late on Sunday, more than 80 political parties and civil groups called on authorities to set up an institutional framework for the elections. Its water intake control equipment was affected.
They threatened to use "all legal and legitimate avenues for the return of normal constitutional order in our country". The fault resulted in large volumes of water entering the systems, causing them to "suddenly shut down to protect themselves", and in turn impacting the national power grid, Tanesco added.
The junta is yet to comment on the statements. Energy Minister Doto Mashaka Biteko ordered power officials who were on their Easter break to return to work immediately in order to restore power supplies.
On Monday evening, Tanesco said it had restored power to most parts of the country, although several Tanzanians continued to complain of outages on social media.
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