Residents east of El Fasher, North Darfur, reported the sudden appearance of multiple towers along the crucial road linking El Fasher and El Obeid. Three independent sources in Al-Koma town, 78 kilometers east of El Fasher, said foreign experts erected the towers in recent days.
The structures are believed to serve as jamming, radar, and early warning systems, raising speculation over their military and strategic purpose. One source said roughly 70 French-speaking foreigners, moving in four-wheel-drive combat vehicles with jamming devices, installed the first tower in Umm al-Hussein.
Umm al-Hussein lies 130 kilometers east of El Fasher, while additional towers were reportedly set up on Umm Kadada Mountain, 178 kilometers southeast of the city. Two other sources confirmed further installations at Jebel Halah, 230 kilometers southeast of El Fasher, as well as in Brosh and Umm Kadada.
These points lie along the El Fasher–El Obeid highway, a vital artery connecting Darfur’s mountainous regions to Kordofan and beyond. The team also conducted field visits to Donki Abyad and Wadi Abu Azaam last Friday but refrained from installing towers at those locations.
A source close to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said the foreigners arrived in Nyala, South Darfur, in early September to survey strategic mountainous areas. The areas chosen for the towers sit along key mountain ranges and roads linking Darfur to Kordofan, Khartoum, and major commercial routes.
These routes include Al-Obeid–Kosti–Khartoum and Al-Obeid–Bara–Omdurman, also known as the “export road,” vital for trade and regional connectivity. Observers fear the installations may signal heightened military preparedness, while local communities watch anxiously for further developments along these critical highways.
