Drone strikes on 26 October hit five power stations in Gezira, Sennar, Gedaref and White Nile states, causing a complete blackout of Sudan’s southeastern grid, the state-owned Sudan Electricity Holding Company said. A government official told Agence France-Presse (AFP) that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), at war with the army since April 2023, carried out the coordinated attack on the army-held states. The company gave no date for restoring supply. Power imports from Ethiopia, which delivered 90 to 150 MW over a 220-kilovolt line, have been halted since late July, so the region has no outside source to fall back on while damaged transformers are replaced.
Sources
- Al-Monitor: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/10/rsf-drones-knock-out-five-sudanese-power-stations-causing-blackouts
- The Peninsula (AFP): https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/26/10/2026/mass-outages-in-sudan-after-rsf-drones-hit-five-power-stations
- Attaqa: https://attaqa.net/2026/10/26/%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%86-4-%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA/