The Millennium Challenge Corporation, a U.S. state development fund, has extended a $480-million five-year grant to Sierra Leone to provide reliable and affordable electricity to 4.6 million people, the fund said.<\/p>\n
Only about 30% of the West African country’s population has access to electricity, dropping to less than 5% of people in rural areas.<\/p>\n
The deal includes three projects to improve the coverage and reliability of the power network and boost the sector’s sustainability, the fund said in a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n
In April, Sierra Leone’s energy minister resigned over a\u00a0weeks-long electricity crisis\u00a0linked to tens of millions of dollars in unpaid debt to energy providers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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