The Mauritanian Electricity Company (Somalek) apologized to its clients for the blackout in certain districts of the capital, Nouakchott, yesterday evening, at around 11:00 p.m. The company explained that the blackout was caused by an emergency technical malfunction at a double-station transformer, noting that the operation had been disrupted during the technical intervention.
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The Mauritanian Electricity Company (Somalek) apologized to its clients for the blackout in certain districts of the capital, Nouakchott, yesterday evening, at around 11:00 p.m. The company explained that the blackout was caused by an emergency technical malfunction at a double-station transformer, noting that the operation had been disrupted during the technical intervention.