Power outages hit army-controlled Sudan after drone attacks

Most army-controlled areas in Sudan have been plunged into blackouts following drone attacks on power generation facilities by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, government officials and residents told Reuters.

The blackouts began on Monday after drone attacks on Merowe Dam, the country’s largest, affected Sudan’s northern state, while a technical issue affected River Nile and Red Sea states.

The affected areas cover the majority of areas still controlled by the army, which has been locked in an almost two-year long war with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which controls most of the western half of the country. Electricity generation in most RSF-controlled areas has been disrupted in the fighting.

Areas impacted by the blackouts are housing millions of internally displaced people, straining living space and infrastructure.

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