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Sudan experiences massive power outages after RSF drone strikes

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces launched a coordinated drone attack Monday against five power stations, causing mass power outages across the country's east, a government official told AFP.

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00:01Sudan has been experiencing mass power outages following several drone strikes from the Rapid Support Force's paramilitary on Monday.
00:10The drones reportedly hit five power stations, affecting the electricity grid in the country's east.
00:17Sudan's war is currently mainly being fought by drones, as ground warfare has hit stalemate in some parts of the
00:24country.
00:24Large-scale power outages pose a major threat to the civilian population.
00:30From irrigation pumps to hospitals to fridges for food storage, the damage can be catastrophic.
00:37Previous outages from drone strikes lasted several days and worsened the critical food shortages that 20 million people in the
00:46Sudanese population already face.

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