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Power has been restored in Tanzania after a massive nationwide blackout that affected several islands and most of the mainland on Monday. Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi is due to be sworn in for a third consecutive six-year term as the country's leader.
The electricity outage struck shortly after 02:00 local time on Monday, privately owned newspaper Daily Citizen reported. He was re-elected in December with an astounding 89.6% of the vote, beating three other candidates
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. His swearing-in ceremony will be held on Tuesday at the new parliament buildings near the capital, Cairo, partly state-owned newspaper Al-Ahram reported.
Its water intake control equipment was affected. Mr Sisi, 69, first became president in 2014, a year after he had led the military's overthrow of his Islamist predecessor Mohammed Morsi.
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. He is credited with implementing several mega infrastructure projects during his tenure, but has also been criticised for a difficult economy marked by crippling debt and extreme inflation.
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. The Egyptian pound has lost more than 50% of its value against the US dollar, creating a severe cost-of-living crisis.
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. Human rights groups have also accused Mr Sisi of cracking down on critics.
His new term of six years is supposed to be his last, according to the country's constitution.
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