Mali urged to pay ‘enormous’ outstanding debt for regional hydroelectric dam

Mali owes more than $94 million to the entity managing a key hydroelectric dam that also supplies power to Senegal and Mauritania, raising the spectre of more electricity outages for the country.

SOGEM, the regional body responsible for running the Manantali Dam and power station, said the funding shortfall threatens its continued operation.

It has issued a stark warning to Mali’s state-owned energy company, EDM, to make the…