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Ghana: Petrol Goes Up

The increase is the first this year and the highest for petrol since the government intervened to mitigate the impact of high fuel prices at the height of the energy crisis last year.

Meanwhile, a fuel shortage has hit some parts of the nation’s capital since Monday; compelling motorists, both commercial and private to scout for the essential commodity from fuel stations dotting the city.

Taxi drivers, unable to contain the stress associated with the shortage, have expressed uncomplimentary remarks about the managers of the economy with some saying they cannot recall the last time they have witnessed a fuel shortage in the country.

Pakistan: Load shedding : Karachiites may protest against KESC, says Adil ...

Provincial Minister for Public Health Engineering Mohammad Adil Siddiqui has strongly condemned the unannounced load shedding of Karachi Electricity Supply Company (KESC), saying if the government failed to contain the electricity crisis, Karachiites reserve the right of peaceful protest against the KESC and Muttahida Qaumi Movement would support them.

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe utility warns of more blackouts until May

Zimbabwe's electricity utility on Tuesday warned of increased power blackouts until the end of May due to maintenance work being carried out on the country's main generation plant.

The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) said in a statement that its generation capacity would decline by 125 megawatts as a result of the maintenance work at Kariba Dam Power Station located on the border with Zambia.

Australia: Australian heatwave again cuts trains, power

Southern Australia baked under heatwave conditions for a third day on Friday, again causing disruptions to transport and power in two states and leaving medical services struggling to cope with heat-related illnesses.

Extreme temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) have hit Victoria and South Australia states and weather officials say if the high temperatures continue until Sunday it will equal the worst heatwave in 100 years.

Australia: Load - shedding begins in SA

Some Adelaide households and businesses will be without power this afternoon as load-shedding begins due to high demand caused by hot weather.

The outages are expected to last for around 30 minutes.

India: Amid blackouts, minister promises light

He's at it again. Energy minister K S Eshwarappa, who is infamous for his flip flops on load shedding, insists, yet again, that the
state will be making all efforts to ensure there are no power cuts this summer as the power situation is comfortable.

Fiji: Blackout knocks out trading gear

SUVA traders said they suffered equipment damage as a result of yesterday's power outage. Fiji Retailers Association president Himmat Lodhia said online and phone systems were damaged.

"This meant online and EFTPOS businesses were affected. Sales could not be completed," he said. "Electronic gates and safes were jammed and could only be opened after much difficulty.

Nepal: Electricity price hike in the offing

While people are spending most of their time without electricity thanks to the long hours of load shedding, Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) is preparing to hike the tariff of electricity. Stating that the price of electricity has not been revised for many years despite high inflation and that NEA is incurring huge losses, it has proposed the government to revise its current tariff.

Pakistan: Halting of oil supply fuels load - shedding

PSO has stopped supply of oil to the IPPs, resulting in decrease of power production and increase in electricity load-shedding.

According to sources, power generation of the plants operating on oil has dropped by 1000 MW, pushing the total electricity shortfall to 2500 MW.

Tajikistan: Electricity Shortage Affects Tajik Independent Weekly

The Kazakh weekly newspaper "Varorud" is not on newsstands in the northwestern Tajik province of Sughd because a power shortage stopped the printing presses.

The independent weekly's chief editor, Jurakhon Yusufi, told RFE/RL's Tajik Service that the rationing of electricity introduced by Tajik officials on January 27 made it impossible for the local publishing house to print the weekly's issue.