Prime Minister makes emergency appeal

Bangui, Central African Republic – Faustin Touadera, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic, issued an emergency appeal for international support in the wake of a catastrophic failure of the country’s power system. After nearly 60 years of service and erratic maintenance at best, and despite offers from key donors to help over the course of the past few months, CAR’s weak electric infrastructure has taken one more step towards complete collapse.  Rolling blackouts, often lasting more than 24 hours, have now plunged the capital into nearly complete darkness. (more…)