Khartoum Hit by RSF Drone Strikes

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The attack comes just weeks after the army celebrated the recapture of the city. Experts say the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces appear to have opened up a new phase in Sudan’s civil war, which has entered its third year.

Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, and the surrounding state were still without electricity on Thursday evening. The area was hit by an unprecedented barrage of drone strikes overnight Wednesday, knocking out the power supply.

The attack comes just weeks after the army celebrated the recapture of the city. Experts say the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces appear to have opened up a new phase in Sudan’s civil war, which has entered its third year.

It has switched tactics from ground assaults to long-distance drone attacks on power stations, dams, and other infrastructure in army-held territory. On Wednesday, the RSF attacked three power stations in the city of Omdurman, across the Nile from Khartoum.

It has also repeatedly hit the wartime capital of Port Sudan, which until now has been seen as a haven for government officials, diplomats, and humanitarian organisations. RSF drone strikes on electricity infrastructure have plunged large areas into extended blackouts. They have also hit water supplies.

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The war has devastated Sudan, pushing more than 13 million people out of their homes and spreading famine and disease. Tens of thousands of Sudanese have died in the fighting.