Four-day blackout disrupts hospital services, livelihoods in Sudan’s White Nile state
- Report by Sara Taj Elsir for Radio Dabanga Residents of El Dueim in White Nile state are counting the economic and social costs of a four-day electricity blackout following a drone attack on the Mashkour substation on 26 October.
- The outage disrupted hospital services, paralysed workshops, and small businesses, and forced daily-wage workers to borrow money to meet their families’ basic needs.
- The restoration of electricity to El Dueim in White Nile state has not been enough to erase the impact of four consecutive days without power.
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- Report by Sara Taj Elsir for Radio Dabanga Residents of El Dueim in White Nile state are counting the economic and social costs of a four-day electricity blackout following a drone attack on the Mashkour substation on 26 October.
- The outage disrupted hospital services, paralysed workshops, and small businesses, and forced daily-wage workers to borrow money to meet their families’ basic needs.
- The restoration of electricity to El Dueim in White Nile state has not been enough to erase the impact of four consecutive days without power.
Sources: Dabangasudan