The company’s media coordination council explained in a statement that “engineering and maintenance teams are working to repair the faults and gradually restart the generation units to restore service,” according to Sudanese media. The company expressed gratitude to the citizens for “understanding the situation and being patient,” indicating that “more information will be provided to the public later.” Meanwhile, Arab media reported that the power outage in Sudan was due to a malfunction at the Merowe Dam.
It is noteworthy that the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, the city of Omdurman, and several other states have recently witnessed widespread protests by citizens due to the electricity company’s imposition of hefty fees and fines reaching up to 250,000 pounds for each subscriber who resorted to direct connections from the poles during the initial period of the war between the Sudanese army and the “Rapid Support Forces” in 2023 and 2024.
