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.
blackouts began on Monday after drone attacks on Merowe Dam, the country's largest, affected Sudan's northern state, while a technical issue affected the River Nile and Red Sea states.
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.
internally displaced people and straining living space and infrastructure.
war in Sudan has displaced more than 12 million people in total, and the global hunger monitor estimated this month that about 24.6 million people, or around half of all Sudanese, urgently need food aid through May.
Omdurman, which is in the greater Khartoum area and is partly controlled by the army, reported that bakeries were shut down and that people had resorted to drawing water from the Nile River.
(Reuters)
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