Djibouti: Major Power Outage in Eastern Ethiopia, Djibouti Due to Theft of Power Transmission Tower, Ethio-Djibouti Railway Affected

Addis Abeba — Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) announced on Wednesday a major power outage impacting towns in eastern Ethiopia, the Ethio-Djibouti railway, and parts of Djibouti, caused by theft on the 230-kilovolt Kokaa-Hurso power transmission line.

In a statement, Alemayehu Zeberga, Director of the Operations and Maintenance Directorate for the central two regions, stated that the damage occurred due to the theft of a power transmission tower in the Afar Region, Awash Fentale district, Benti…