Drone attacks were reported on November 2 at electricity substations in Aroma, New Halfa and Al-Ghazali in Sudan, extending a campaign against the power network. Accounts describe fires and outages. Damage to transformers and transmission equipment adds to repair difficulties and threatens services that depend on electricity, including water pumping and hospitals.
Drone attacks were reported on November 2 at the Aroma and New Halfa electricity substations in Sudan’s eastern Kassala State and at Al-Ghazali in Northern State. Accounts described fires and power outages. The United Network for Humanity Observatory said the Kassala attacks were simultaneous. Responsibility for every strike has not been independently established.[1], [2]
The observatory’s compilation describes damage across the power network since October 26. At Umm Dabaker in White Nile State, four main transformers were damaged on October 29, taking the facility out of service and interrupting supply in parts of White Nile and North Kordofan. Repairs depend on spare parts, fuel and specialist maintenance teams. The observatory separately attributed the Merowe Dam power-station outage to a technical malfunction.[1]
Electricity runs water-treatment and pumping systems and supports hospitals’ operating theatres, intensive care and medicine storage, the observatory warned. Repeated outages also disrupt telecommunications and humanitarian work. Damaged transmission equipment and shortages of fuel or repair supplies complicate restoration. The observatory called for protection of electricity infrastructure and safe access for engineers and maintenance teams.[1]
