00:00Residents of Mali's capital Bamako said on Tuesday they are facing severe water and electricity shortages
00:05after suspected sabotage damaged a major power transmission line supplying the city.
00:11The outages have lasted for two days, leaving thousands without electricity and cutting access to running water as pumps remain
00:18unable to operate.
00:20Mali's state power utility says electricity supply has been heavily disrupted across several neighborhoods.
00:26According to officials, the damage occurred on the high-voltage line connecting Bamako to the Manantali Dam,
00:33a key source of electricity shared by Mali, Mauritania and Senegal.
00:38Authorities have not identified those responsible.
00:41The disruption comes as al-Qaeda-linked militants have intensified attacks on roads leading to the capital,
00:48targeting buses, cargo trucks and fuel tankers in an effort to disrupt the economy.
00:54With taps running dry, residents have been forced to queue for hours at solar-powered boreholes and neighborhood wells.
01:03Many say water supplies there are also running low,
01:07adding to the hardship in a country that has battled a worsening security crisis for more than a decade.
01:13The
01:15Glen
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