The Sudan Founding Alliance (TASIS) has accused the Sudanese Armed Forces of repeatedly striking a pipeline carrying South Sudanese oil through Sudan, warning that the attacks threaten vital economic infrastructure belonging to the neighbouring country.
TASIS spokesman Ahmed Tugud Lisan said on Sunday that drone attacks had targeted sections of the pipeline north of Al-Hamadi since September 11, rupturing pipes and causing large fires.
The alliance said the area is under the control of the Peace Government and TASIS forces. It accused SAF and allied forces of carrying out the strikes, describing the attacks as a threat not only to Sudanese infrastructure but also to South Sudan’s economic interests.
TASIS also said seven of its fighters were killed in a subsequent strike while protecting engineers and workers dispatched to begin repairs to the damaged pipeline.
According to the alliance, its forces had been deployed to secure maintenance teams working to restore the oil route when they came under attack.
The claims could not immediately be independently verified, and SAF had not publicly responded to the specific allegations at the time of publication.
The pipeline is strategically important for landlocked South Sudan, which relies on infrastructure running through Sudan to move crude oil toward export facilities on the Red Sea.
TASIS said attacks on such infrastructure risk widening the impact of Sudan’s war beyond the country’s borders.
“Targeting a facility directly linked to the economic interests of another state raises serious questions related to respect for state sovereignty and good-neighbourly relations,” the alliance said.
It called on regional and international actors to condemn attacks on the pipeline and work to prevent further damage.
The allegation comes amid existing concern in Juba about disruptions to the movement of South Sudanese crude through Sudan.
On September 11, South Sudanese presidential security adviser Tut Gatluak met SAF commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and delivered a message from President Salva Kiir.
Following the meeting, Gatluak said discussions had included South Sudan’s oil and the need to address obstacles affecting the flow and pumping of crude through Sudan.
There is no indication that Gatluak linked those difficulties to the drone attacks later alleged by TASIS.
Sudan’s war has increasingly affected critical infrastructure across Kordofan, where control of key towns and transport corridors has repeatedly shifted between rival forces.
Independent monitoring by the Centre for Information Resilience documented fighting and damage around civilian infrastructure in the Al-Hamadi area earlier this year, highlighting the strategic importance of the corridor as fighting expanded across South Kordofan.
TASIS said it remained committed to protecting infrastructure connected to South Sudan and safeguarding workers involved in maintaining the pipeline.
