Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces launched a drone attack on Tuesday targeting a major power station in the capital. A source within the national electricity company confirmed the strike to reporters.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity. He stated that militia drones hit the Al-Markhiyat transformer station, disrupting electricity supplies across large parts of Khartoum and Al-Jazira states.
This followed a coordinated drone attack on Monday. That previous strike hit six power stations, causing mass outages across four states in eastern Sudan.
The conflict between the Rapid Support Forces and the regular army began in April 2023. The military holds the country’s centre, north and east.
Aid workers estimate that the war has killed more than 200,000 people. The conflict has triggered the world’s largest hunger and displacement crises.
The United Nations has warned that attacks on critical infrastructure threaten health and services for millions of people. Close to three million people have returned to Khartoum state since the army recaptured it last year, but residents struggle to rebuild their lives in a scarred city.
Power and water supplies are unreliable for returning families. Much of the capital remains unsafe from unexploded bombs, and many people struggle to put food on the table within a collapsed economy.
The civil war is fought primarily via drones. Both sides launch sophisticated attacks from across the country, killing dozens of civilians at a time.
In the first three weeks of October alone, drone strikes killed over 300 people and injured hundreds more, according to a United Nations tally.
