Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces launched a drone attack Tuesday on a power station in the capital, a source in the national electricity company told AFP.
– “RSF militia drones targeted the al-Markhiyat transformer station, disrupting the power supply across large parts of Khartoum and al-Jazira states,” he told AFP on condition of anonymity.
– The strike comes a day after a coordinated RSF drone attack on six power stations caused mass outages in four states in eastern Sudan.
– Since April 2023, Sudan has been torn apart by war between the RSF and the regular army, which holds the country’s center, north and east.
– The war has killed more than 200,000 people, aid workers estimate, and has triggered the world’s largest hunger and displacement crises.
– The United Nations has repeatedly warned that attacks on power stations threaten health and services for millions of people.
– Close to three million people have returned to Khartoum state since it was recaptured by the army last year, but many have struggled to rebuild their lives in a scarred city.
– Power and water supplies remain unreliable, much of the capital remains unsafe from unexploded bombs and many struggle to put food on the table in a collapsed economy.
– Sudan’s war is currently being fought primarily via drones, with both sides launching 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 UN tally.