CNN —Large swaths of Ghana are facing power blackouts due to gas shortages at a major power facility, the nation’s power operator said, compounding the country’s worst economic crisis in decades.
The West African nation has battled power outages, known locally as “dumsor” for many years.
“Dumsor is fully back, no announced timetables, no communication, nothing, just frequent random power outages,” one Ghanian said of the latest power cut on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Recent studies expect the country’s energy crisis to worsen over the coming years, starting from this year.
“Ghana’s energy supply requires urgent, purposeful and significant investment to undo the current precarious situation the country finds itself,” said research and policy think tank, Centre for Socioeconomic Studies (CSS).
Persons:
“, Ghanian, GRIDCo, ”
Organizations:
CNN, Ghana Grid Company, ”, World Bank
Locations:
Ghana, Tema, Accra