Up to 72 hours without electricity: Morocco sends technicians and equipment to Nouakchott

Technicians and equipment from Morocco have arrived in Nouakchott to support operations to repair the electricity network, reports the Mauritanian Al-Akhbar news agency. Senegal has also sent teams and equipment, while additional material was provided by a company affiliated with the Organisation for the Development of the Senegal River.

This mobilization follows two fires that occurred one day apart at transformer substations. The first affected the Toujounine East station in Nouakchott-Nord on Friday. The second broke out on Saturday at the station serving, among others, Tevragh Zeina, in Nouakchott-Ouest.

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These facilities supply a vast area encompassing several neighborhoods of the capital, as well as Nouakchott-Oumtounsy International Airport, the port of Tanit and localities on the outskirts. Depending on the area, residents went between 24 and nearly 72 hours without electricity.

Morocco takes part in repairs to the second station

The East station was gradually brought back into service on Monday morning. The Mauritanian Electricity Company, Somelec, announced that power had returned to several neighborhoods in Nouakchott-Nord.

Mauritanian technicians simultaneously continued repairs at the West station with the support of Moroccan and Senegalese teams. The work notably involved installing a new distribution cell and new circuit breakers in order to restore power to the areas still affected.

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Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani visited one of the damaged stations. He asked the government to mobilize the human and logistical resources necessary to fully restore electricity, while ordering an investigation to determine the causes of the two fires and any possible responsibility.