Four-day blackout disrupts hospital services, livelihoods in Sudan’s White Nile state
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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.
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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.