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Mali: Sabotage plunges Bamako into water and power crisis

Summary by Africa News
Large parts of Mali's capital have been left without electricity and running water after suspected sabotage damaged a key power transmission line. The disruption has deepened hardship for residents as insecurity and jihadist attacks continue to strain the country's fragile infrastructure.

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Access to running water was back to normal on Wednesday in Bamako after massive cuts across the city since Sunday due to an act of sabotage on a power line feeding the capital, journalists of the AFP noted. However, the electricity network, completely interrupted for several days, remains very disturbed. This lack of electricity led to a halt in the supply of running water in the capital and for several days the Bamakois had to turn to private f…

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