Sudan’s Power Grid Nears Collapse as Drone Strikes Blamed on RSF Target Electric Stations
Fifteen substations have been targeted since early October, leaving Sudan’s grid dependent on a handful of plants, Emergency Lawyers said.
- Drone strikes knocked out power substations in Al-Dabbah and Abu Hamad on Sunday, leaving both northern Sudanese towns without electricity amid a broader wave of infrastructure attacks.
- Emergency Lawyers reported that fifteen substations have been targeted since early October, with attacks disrupting water supplies and halting business activity across Sudan's army-held areas.
- The Merowe Dam now provides more than 70% of Sudan's electricity, as national production has plummeted to 1,100 megawatts from 4,400 before the war, leaving the grid critically vulnerable.
- Sudan's Foreign Ministry accused the United Arab Emirates of supplying the drones on Saturday, though the UAE has repeatedly denied arming the Rapid Support Forces and the RSF did not respond to requests for comment.
- The Sudan Doctors Network warned that outages endanger hospitals, dialysis centers, and blood banks, threatening cold storage for medicines and vaccines as the conflict has displaced 13 million people.
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Sudan's power grid nears collapse as drone strikes blamed on RSF
CAIRO (AP) — Drone strikes knocked out power substations in two northern Sudanese towns on Sunday, the latest in a week of attacks on electricity stations across army-held areas that Sudan’s government and a rights group blamed
Drones belonging to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) rebel group attacked an oil pumping station and an energy infrastructure facility in the city of Hayya in the Red Sea State in eastern Sudan, the Sudan Tribune newspaper..
According to its information, fires broke out at both sites as a result of the October 31 attack. The strike on the oil pumping station caused several crude oil tanks to catch fire. In addition, a drone struck a transformer substation in Hayya...
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Sudan’s power grid nears collapse as drone strikes blamed on RSF target electric stations
CAIRO (AP) — Drone strikes knocked out power substations in two northern Sudanese towns on Sunday, the latest in a week of attacks on electricity stations across army-held areas that Sudan’s government and a rights group blamed on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
The Jazira State transformer station, at dawn on Wednesday, was attacked by a drone, including fuel depots in the same city.
Attack also targets fuel tanker, gas station as drone strikes hit electricity infrastructure in army-controlled states for 3rd consecutive day
RSF Drone Campaign Cripples Sudan’s Electricity Network
A series of drone strikes by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has knocked out electricity stations across several states since Monday, leaving large parts of army-controlled Sudan without power. The attacks have damaged transformers, transmission equipment, and fuel installations from eastern Sudan to the capital, Khartoum.The bombardment began with attacks on five electricity stations in Al-Jazirah, Al-Qadarif, Sennar, and White Nile states. …
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