Gambian businesses struggle under prolonged blackouts
Prolonged outages have lasted up to 48 hours, forcing hospitals onto generators and leaving residents without water or refrigerated food, officials and traders said.
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Gambian businesses struggle under prolonged blackouts
In the coastal Gambian town of Tanji, Sirah Darboe-Manneh cleans fish next to a row of ice boxes laying empty because of relentless power cuts. With limited supplies of ice, storing the daily catch has become almost impossible.
Since June, this small West African country has been paralysed by prolonged power cuts, which have reached their peak in recent weeks, in the heart of the warm season. Faced with shortages, spontaneous demonstrations broke out two nights last week in and around the capital city. Furious demonstrators have blocked the roads and demanded the resignation of President Adama Barrow, just a few months from the presidential office where he stands for a…
Limited supplies: Gambian businesses struggle under prolonged blackouts
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