A silent darkness enveloped three Sudanese states this week as a massive, 20-hour power outage paralyzed the nation’s north and east.
The sudden blackout struck the Red Sea, River Nile, and Khartoum states, forcing local businesses to rely on private generators.
Government officials revealed the crisis stems from the total looting of vital energy infrastructure during the ongoing domestic conflict.
Rebuilding from ground zero, the government has injected millions of dollars to repair destroyed transformers and severed power networks.
Engineers are racing against time to add 500 megawatts of electricity to the struggling national grid by winter.
Sudan also plans to boost energy imports from neighboring Egypt to help stabilize the fragile, war-torn power supply.
