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2-Week Power Outage Paralyzes Cameroon

Moki Edwin Kindzeka

   YAOUNDE, CAMEROON - Businesses, media and hospitals in Cameroon's
   capital have been brought to a halt because of an unprecedented power
   failure that has gone on for nearly two weeks. The government has
   ordered the electric company, ENEO, to restore power within seven days
   but the company says it needs at least three months to repair equipment
   destroyed in a fire.

   This loud noise from a standby generator is unusual in Cameroon's
   capital, Yaounde. But for the past two weeks, many locals have become
   familiar with it.

   The power supply disappeared on August 4th, the day a fire ripped
   through the city's main power station, destroying much of the
   equipment, and leaving more than one million people without
   electricity.

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