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Zambia blacked out

Times of Zambia: "ZAMBIA was on Saturday night plunged into total darkness following the collapse of the national power grid, causing panic among some citizens and the business community.
A major system disturbance which occurred on the Zambian high voltage network on Saturday at about 19:30 hours resulted in extensive loss of power supply in the entire country.
Zesco managing director, Rhodnie Sisala said engineers were already on the ground to establish what caused the blackout in the whole country and described the situation as regrettable."

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