Re: [A-List] Power Struggle: In Africa, Outages Stifle a Boom; Electricity Cuts Plague 35 Nations

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Situation is the same in East Africa with daily blackouts in Uganda,
Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania. Partly due to rising demand but mainly
due to drop in river levels due to long term drought so no water to drive
hydro-turbines. Filling in the gaps with oil or natural gas, which
Tanzania has done has drive up the cost of "Umeme" or electricity beyond
many peoples capacity to pay. Its a disaster. Getting worse every day. And
rise in cost of food and oil is throwing people onto the road of hunger.

C

> <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120838247003120827.html?mod=googlenews_wsj>
> PAGE ONE
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> POWER STRUGGLE
> In Africa, Outages Stifle a Boom
> Electricity Cuts
> Plague 35 Nations;
> Waiting in Gakuto
> By SARAH CHILDRESS
> April 17, 2008; Page A1
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> (See Corrections & Amplifications item below.)
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> JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- The global commodities boom is claiming
> another casualty: Africa's already-shaky power grid.
>