Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly vowed on Tuesday to end a nationwide power crisis, further exacerbated by recent unplanned blackouts, that have triggered widespread discontent towards his government. During an afternoon press conference aired on national TV, Madoubly apologised to the Egyptian people for the sustained inconveniences, saying that the country would import petroleum products used for power generation worth about US$ 1.8 billion in a bid to end the ongoing ordeal by the end of this year. Even though the government had earlier declared a schedule for planned power cuts to a…