A monkey took a fall right on top of a transformer at a power station. This tripped the transformer and caused a blackout. The monkey is fine, being cared for by the Kenya Wildlife Service. Good ...

Kenya had one of its most unexpected power outages when a single vervet monkey brought the country’s electricity supply to a halt. The small animal managed to sneak past security fencing at the Gitaru ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - A nationwide blackout that hit Kenya on Tuesday was caused by a monkey tripping a transformer at a hydropower plant, leading to the loss of more than 180 megawatts from the grid, ...

A monkey was able to cause a giant power outage as most of Kenya was without service for part of Tuesday. A monkey stumbled into the Gitaru Dam Power Plant, knocking out power for 15 minutes across ...

A monkey caused a three-hour nationwide blackout in Kenya Tuesday, officials said, NBC News reported. Kenya Electricity Generation Company (KenGen) said in a statement that a monkey climbed onto the ...

My Take is about the day Kenya lived up to the derogatory term Dark Continent. Saturday morning, Kenyans woke up in darkness. The country had been plunged into a 5 hour national blackout. Kenyans were ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s power generation company says a monkey caused a three-hour nationwide blackout. The Kenya Electricity Generation Company said in a statement late Tuesday that a monkey ...

Good morning. I'm David Greene, here to remind a monkey in Kenya to please watch where he steps. The monkey yesterday took a fall right on top of a transformer at a power station. This tripped the ...