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Rapid Support Forces Drone Attack Hits Five Power Stations, Triggers Outages Across Eastern Sudan

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RSF drones attacked five power stations, causing mass outages across eastern Sudan. Two stations in Al-Jazira and Gedaref each, plus one in White Nile, were hit.

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The retained headlines centre on RSF drone attacks against power stations and reported outages. The Guardian and Arab News carry the same AFP report, so the outlet count does not represent four independent accounts.

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  • Al-Jazirah Netattacks 5 power stations
  • The Guardiandrone strikes cause mass power cuts in eastern states
  • Arab NewsMass outages in Sudan after RSF drones hit five power stations
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Drone attacks on power stations and reported outages

Four retained headlines foreground RSF drone attacks on power stations and/or the associated outages. Two outlets, The Guardian and Arab News, publish the same AFP report; the other retained headlines are distinct outlet reports. The headlines vary between the station count and the regional effects, so outlet counts should not be read as independent reporting.

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Known shared reports are marked; outlet counts include their publishers.

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Analysed 27 Oct 2026.

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Drones Hit Power Grid

Rapid Support Forces launched a coordinated drone attack on Monday against five power stations, causing power outages across wide areas of eastern Sudan, according to a government official. The drones hit two power stations each in the states of Al-Jazira and Gedaref, and one in White Nile state, “resulting in power outages across large parts of these three states”, the official said on condition of anonymity.

Military sources told Al Jazeera that the Sudanese army’s defenses repelled drones from the Rapid Support Forces in Al-Faw and Al-Hawata in Gedaref State, attempting to strike power stations and civilian properties. The attacks worsened pressure on the electricity sector, which faces additional challenges related to damage to the network, difficulties in repairing it, and funding shortages, prolonging outages and affecting services provided to residents.

Reporting for this sectionArab News PKAl-Jazirah Net

Residents Feel the Cut

Babiker Youssef, a resident of Al-Fao in Gedaref, said the power there had been out since early morning and told AFP over the phone, “My son is diabetic, his insulin has to be stored in the fridge.” Ibrahim Mohammed, a grocer in Gedaref, said he was “already facing power cuts for hours before the strike” and added that “Now I have chicken in the fridge, we either lose our entire stock, or will be forced to sell it off at any price, which is still a loss.”

Abdelhafez Daafallah, a 54-year-old farmer in Al-Junaid town in Al-Jazira, said the electricity had “just started to improve three months ago” and that he had hoped irrigation pumps would finally run again. The United Nations repeatedly warned that regular attacks on power stations threaten health and services for millions of people already facing the world’s largest hunger crisis.

Reporting for this sectionThe GuardianArab News PK

Arab League Talks Amid War

The Secretary-General of the Arab League, Nabil Elaraby, arrived in Khartoum to conduct discussions, and the Sudanese Foreign Ministry said the visit aims at strengthening relations and consulting between Sudan and the Arab League. The Sudanese Foreign Ministry said the Secretary-General was received at Khartoum International Airport by Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali al-Saadi and Ambassador Mahyuddin Salem Ahmed, along with officials from the League’s General Secretariat.

The talks were expected to address ways to strengthen the Arab League’s role in supporting Sudan and to discuss developments in the country and efforts to achieve security and stability. The war’s broader impact remained tied to drone fighting, with a UN tally cited for the first three weeks of October alone, when drone strikes killed over 300 people and injured hundreds more.

Reporting for this sectionAl-Jazirah NetArab News PK