Drone Attack on Khartoum Substation Leaves Parts of Capital Without Power
A drone attack on a power substation in Khartoum, Sudan, has left large parts of the capital without electricity for over 12 hours, impacting hospitals, bakeries, and water supplies.
Houston, TX, October 27, 2026 —
A drone attack on a power substation in Khartoum has left large parts of Sudan’s capital without electricity for more than 12 hours, according to the information provided. The outage is affecting hospitals, bakeries and water supplies.
The reported impacts span essential services and daily necessities. Hospitals are among the facilities affected, while bakeries and water supplies have also been disrupted. The available account does not specify which facilities or neighborhoods are without power, or how many people have been affected.
Key details about the incident have not been provided. The date and time of the attack, the identity of those responsible, the extent of damage to the substation and whether anyone was injured are not known from the information available. There is also no information on whether electricity has been restored to any affected areas.
The account does not include statements from Sudanese authorities, utility operators, hospitals or other affected organizations. It also does not describe any response to the attack or provide an estimate of how long the outage may continue. Those details would help clarify the scale of the disruption and its effect on residents and services.
For now, the reported incident is a drone attack on a power substation in Khartoum, followed by an outage lasting more than 12 hours across large parts of the city. Hospitals, bakeries and water supplies are among the services reported to be affected; further information about the cause, damage and restoration remains unavailable.
Story summarized from the original created by Yassir Abdalla, Associated Press on www.click2houston.com, see more information here.
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