Sudan’s Power Grid Nears Collapse as Drone Strikes Blamed on RSF Target Electric Stations
Emergency Lawyers said 15 substations have been targeted since early October, leaving Sudan’s grid dependent on a handful of plants.
- Drone strikes knocked out power substations in Al-Dabbah and Abu Hamad on Sunday, leaving both northern Sudanese towns without electricity. The attacks are the latest in a week-long surge targeting infrastructure across army-held areas.
- Emergency Lawyers, a Sudanese rights group, reported that fifteen substations have been targeted since early October. These attacks have disrupted water supplies and halted business activity, forcing residents to rely on costly alternatives.
- The Merowe Dam provides more than 70% of Sudan's electricity and is now the country's last major power source. Production has plummeted to 1,100 megawatts from 4,400 before the war, according to Sudan Electric Holding Company.
- Sudan's Foreign Ministry accused the United Arab Emirates on Saturday of supplying the drones launched from Ethiopia. The UAE has repeatedly denied arming the Rapid Support Forces, and the paramilitary RSF did not respond to requests for comment.
- The Sudan Doctors Network warned that outages endanger hospitals, dialysis centers, and blood banks, threatening critical cold storage for medicines and vaccines. The conflict has displaced 13 million people and pushed parts of Sudan into famine.
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Drone attacks hit 2 power stations in eastern Sudan, trigger widespread outage
Drone attacks targeted two electricity substations in the cities of Aroma and New Halfa in Sudan’s eastern Kassala state early Monday, causing widespread power outages across the state, local sources told Anadolu.
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...
Drone strike hits power station in northern Sudan as attacks on energy facilities mount
A drone attack sparked a fire and loud explosions at the Abu Hamad power station in River Nile state, bringing the number of power facilities targeted across six Sudanese states since Monday to 12.
A fire broke out at the Abu Hamad transformer power plant in northern Sudan, following a car bombing. The northern state ' s cable power station was targeted to increase the number of energy installations targeted in the country to 13 within a week.
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