Cote d'Ivoire to resume electricity
supplies to Benin, Togo
Aug 12, 2007 - Xinhua
Cote d'Ivoire's president Laurent Gbagbo
has announced, after a brief official visit in Cotonou,
that his country will resume with "immediate effect"
electricity supply to Benin and Togo.
During the visit Thursday, Beninese
president Yayi Boni and Gbagbo held talks focusing
on issues of common interest, according to a joint
official statement. Gbagbo thanked Boni again for
attending "the flame of peace" ceremony which took
place in Bouake on July 30 marking the beginning of
the disarmament process in Cote d'Ivoire, according
to the same source.
Cote d'Ivoire, which provides nearly
20 percent of electricity energy to the two countries,
suspended the supply several months ago. Benin and
Togo are facing crippling energy problems, which forced
the Beninese electricity community, the body which
regulates electricity supply in the two countries,
to introduce strict electricity rationing which have
triggered long periods of electricity power cuts,
despite of electricity supply from Nigeria. Source:
Xinhua
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