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

Technicians and equipment from Morocco arrived in Nouakchott to support operations to repair the electricity network, reports the Mauritanian agency Al-Akhbar. Senegal also sent teams and equipment, while additional materials were provided by a company affiliated with the Organization 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 power to a vast area comprising 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 returned to service on Monday morning. The Mauritanian Electricity Company, Somelec, announced the return of power 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 included installing a new distribution cell and new circuit breakers 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 liability.