Drone attacks extend campaign targeting Sudan’s power system

Attacks the latest to disrupt electricity supplies; army reports new defections from paramilitary RSF.

Workers assess damage at the al-Markhiyat power station north of Omdurman on October 28, 2026, following a reported drone strike by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces [AFP]

Drone strikes are reported to have hit three electricity substations in eastern and northern Sudan, the latest attacks in a concentrated campaign.

The attacks on Monday, which caused widespread power outages across parts of the country, brought the number of strikes reported to target Sudan’s electricity network to 18 over the past week.

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Sudan’s military government has claimed that Ethiopia is aiding the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) – which it has been fighting since April 2023 – in carrying out the attacks.

Facilities in New Halfa and Aroma in eastern Kassala state were hit early on Monday, while the al-Ghazali substation in Sudan’s Northern State was also targeted, according to local media.

Videos circulating on social media appeared to show fires at the facilities, with civil defence teams trying to extinguish the fires. Al Jazeera was not able to immediately verify the footage and reports.

On Sunday, Sudan’s government said it had filed complaints against Ethiopia with the United Nations Security Council and the African Union’s Peace and Security Council, accusing Addis Ababa of involvement in the ongoing campaign of attacks on civilian infrastructure and power stations.

The Sudanese army also reported on Monday that a group of RSF members had defected by surrendering to its forces in Damazin, the capital of southeastern Blue Nile state.

The announcement follows a declaration, in video footage obtained exclusively by Al Jazeera , by senior RSF commander Siddiq Ander that he had defected.

In a statement, the army said that the development was the latest in increasing defections from the paramilitary group in Blue Nile state.

It added that the group’s commander had provided information concerning the management of military operations in Damazin, including “Ethiopian support” for the RSF.

最新袭击导致电力供应中断；军方报告称，准军事组织快速支援部队出现新的叛逃事件。

2026年10月28日，在苏丹准军事快速支援部队发动无人机袭击后，工人们在恩图曼以北的马尔基亚特发电站评估损失。[法新社]

据报道，无人机袭击了苏丹东部和北部的三座变电站，这是近期集中袭击行动中的最新一起。

周一发生的袭击导致该国部分地区大范围停电，使得过去一周内针对苏丹电网的袭击事件数量达到 18 起。

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苏丹军政府声称，埃塞俄比亚正在协助其自 2023 年 4 月以来一直与之作战的准军事组织快速支援部队 (RSF) 实施袭击。

据当地媒体报道，周一清晨，位于苏丹东部卡萨拉州新哈勒法和阿罗玛的设施遭到袭击，而位于苏丹北部州的加扎利变电站也成为袭击目标。

社交媒体上流传的视频似乎显示，这些设施发生火灾，民防队正在努力灭火。半岛电视台目前尚无法立即核实这些视频和报道。

周日，苏丹政府表示已向联合国安理会和非洲联盟和平与安全理事会提出针对埃塞俄比亚的申诉，指责亚的斯亚贝巴参与了正在进行的袭击民用基础设施和发电站的行动。

苏丹军方周一还报告称，一群快速支援部队成员在东南部青尼罗州首府达马津向其部队投降，从而叛变。

此前，半岛电视台独家获得的视频片段显示，快速支援部队高级指挥官西迪克·安德宣布他已叛逃。

军方在一份声明中表示，这是青尼罗河州准军事组织叛逃事件不断增加的最新一起。

声明还补充说，该组织的指挥官提供了有关达马津军事行动管理的信息，包括“埃塞俄比亚对快速支援部队的支持”。