Tunisia: Technical Breakdown in Electricity Transmission Network in Sahel Behind Blackout

Tunis, — "A breakdown in the electricity transmission network in the region of the Sahel was behind the power outage that hit the country on Sunday afternoon, Nejib Helal, Deputy Director General in the Tunisian Company for Electricity and Gas (STEG) told TAP on Monday.

After the incident, the Prime Minister ordered the creation of a committee of inquiry under the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining to identify the causes of this breakdown, added the official.

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