US EditionDrone attacks cut power across Khartoum state two years into Sudan war
- The Rapid Support Forces launched sustained drone attacks on Port Sudan in May 2025, targeting key infrastructure including power stations, oil depots, and the airport.
- These attacks follow months of escalating conflict between Sudan’s army and RSF, shifting the war toward remote aerial strikes amid allegations of UAE support for the RSF.
- The bombardment displaced over 550 families within a week, disrupted port traffic, and caused power blackouts and water shortages in a city that had been relatively safe until recently.
- Experts described the drone strikes as a “shock and awe campaign” demonstrating the growing sophistication of combatants, emphasizing a “consistent pattern” of UAE-linked arms and logistics support.
- The attacks deepened Sudan’s humanitarian crisis by hindering aid delivery and revealed a conflict increasingly reliant on external actors, with diplomacy and peace efforts showing little progress.
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Roundup: Sudan's electricity, transport sectors crippled by ongoing civil war
KHARTOUM, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Sudan's electricity and transport sectors have been among the hardest hit by the two-year conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Read full story
SVT Correspondent Found Himself in the Middle of a Drone Attack - See the Pictures From Inside Sudan
In early May, the civil war in Sudan escalated and the port city of Port Sudan was subjected to a series of drone attacks. SVT's Africa correspondent Johan Ripås was there during the most intense days. – I woke up at 4 in the morning to a whirring sound. Then came the explosions, he says.
RSF Drone Strikes Mark Escalation in Sudan's Civil War - teleSUR English
Sudan’s conflict has entered a new phase, as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched unprecedented drone strikes on Port Sudan, weeks after being driven from Khartoum by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). Sudanese political analysts describe the escalation as a “shock and awe” campaign, aiming to demonstrate RSF’s ability to wage war remotely, even after losing territory in central Sudan. The drone barrage has intensified electricity blackouts, wo…
Jerusalem Post
Drone attacks cut power across Khartoum state two years into Sudan war
Drone attacks cut power across Khartoum and the surrounding state, authorities said on Thursday, as Rapid Support Forces paramilitaries pressed on with a campaign of long-distance attacks more than two years into their war with Sudan's army.
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