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Fighting continues on multiple fronts in Sudan, targeting key strategic infrastructure and worsening civilian living conditions amid a humanitarian crisis.

Military sources reported that drones targeted the Merowe Dam, the power transmission station, Merowe Airport, and the headquarters of the Sudanese Army’s 19th Infantry Division.

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According to these sources, the attacks on the dam, airport, and power generators sparked fires, sending flames and thick smoke billowing into the sky over the region.

Eyewitnesses said that the fire at the power transmission station’s generators plunged the city of Merowe and the Northern State into darkness due to a power outage.

In a statement, the 19th Infantry Division of the Sudanese Army in Merowe stated that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had targeted the division’s headquarters and the Merowe Dam with multiple drones. The ground defenses responded, but some damage was reported.

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Previous Attacks

On January 13, drone strikes targeted the Merowe Dam in northern Sudan, causing fires at power stations and leading to an almost complete blackout in large parts of the country.

In April, the Sudanese Army announced that Merowe Airport had been attacked by three drones, though there were no casualties or material losses.

The Merowe Dam is a Sudanese hydroelectric facility located on the Nile in Northern State, near Merowe Island, approximately 350 km from Khartoum and 600 km from Port Sudan.

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The dam’s construction was completed on March 3, 2009, with a total length of 9.2 km and a height of 67 meters. Several preparatory projects accompanied its construction, including roads, bridges, a railway line, and a residential city to accommodate a workforce of 5,000, half of whom were Sudanese and the other half Chinese.

Since mid-April 2023, the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces have been engaged in a conflict that has claimed over 20,000 lives and displaced approximately 14 million people, according to the United Nations and local authorities. However, a study conducted by American universities estimates the death toll at around 130,000.

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The United Nations and the international community are increasingly calling for an end to the war to prevent Sudan from descending into a full-scale humanitarian catastrophe, as millions of people are already facing famine and death due to food shortages caused by fighting that has spread to 13 of the country’s 18 states.

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