{
  "id": 1243051,
  "title": "Parts of Greater Accra experience 15-hour power outage as GRIDCo repairs damaged Ashaiman transmission tower",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/parts-of-greater-accra-experience-15-hour-power-outage-as-gridco",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T09:53:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "3News",
    "slug": "3news",
    "url": "https://3news.com/news/ashaiman-and-parts-of"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has announced an emergency power outage in parts of the Greater Accra Region on Sunday, August 16, 2026, to facilitate the replacement of a damaged transmission tower at Ashaiman.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Rio Times",
        "title": "Ashaiman and Parts of Accra Face 14-Hour Power Outage Sunday",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/ashaiman-and-parts-of-accra-face-14-hour-power-outage-sunday",
        "published": "2026-08-16T09:41:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "3News",
        "title": "GRIDCo gives transmission line encroachers one-month ultimatum to vacate corridors",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/gridco-gives-transmission-line-encroachers-one-month-ultimatum-to",
        "published": "2026-08-16T10:05:26.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}