Tuesday, 12 June 2007

Congo denies cutting power supply to Zimbabwe

(Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo denied a report on Tuesday by Zimbabwe state media that it had cut off power supplies to the energy-starved southern African state.

"There was a problem with the line over the weekend. A cable fell. But we worked on it Saturday and Sunday," Energy Minister Salomon Banamuhere told Reuters. "We fixed it on Sunday at around 20h00, and there is now electricity going through."


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