Zambia suffers nationwide power outage - TRT Afrika

24 Nov 2024

Zambia suffers nationwide power outage

Zambia suffered nationwide outage on Sunday, the country's power company said.

Zambia's power company ZESCO said the incident occurred our 1815 GMT on November 24, 2024. / Photo: AFP

Zambia suffered a nationwide power outage on Sunday following a "power system disturbance", the southern Africa nation's state utility Zesco said.

The utility said the incident occurred our 1815 GMT, leading to loss of power supply that affected the whole country.

It said it was working to resolve the unplanned outage, and power supply restoration was underway.

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