Power outage hurts business, families in Guinea Conakry

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In Guinea Conakry, prolonged power cuts in the capital are making life difficult for businesses and workers across the country. The situation has caused many private enterprises to either shut down completely or lay off dozens of its workers, provoking acute financial constraints. Other enterprises have decided to no longer use power generators because of high fuel costs which they say are impacting their businesses. Reporter Karim Kamara has more from Conakry