Ethiopia-Wide Electric Power Outage Reported
A nationwide electric power outage was reported in Ethiopia on Saturday evening, according to sources.
The cause of the disruption remains unclear.
Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) has indirectly confirmed the outage. In a statement shared on its social media page, EEP said, “Power disruption this evening due to system instability is being restored,” citing the National Power Control Station as its source.
EEP indicated that efforts are underway to restore the power system incrementally. It noted that some areas of Addis Ababa and several cities in regional states have already regained electricity.
Approximately an hour after its initial update, EEP announced that 85 percent of the power in the capital Addis Ababa had been restored. It also confirmed that cities including Adama, Hawassa, Jimma, Arba Minch, Wolaita Sodo, Shashemene, Mekelle, Adwa, Alamata, Bonga, Mizan, and Hageremariam got power back.
Overall, over 50 percent of the country has had its power restored.
At the time of this writing, it is confirmed that power is not fully restored in all parts of Ethiopia.
Ethiopia has experienced similar nationwide power outages in recent months. However, the government has not provided a detailed explanation for the recurring problem.