Drone attack disrupts water and healthcare in Kosti
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Radio Tamazuj
A drone attack on the Um Dabakir thermal power station caused an outage that is disrupting water supplies and health services in Kosti, Sudan. New Kosti water station is now operating on a restricted schedule, while the dialysis centre is at risk of running short of fuel and water, according to Radio Tamazuj.
A drone attack on the Um Dabakir thermal power station on Thursday 29 October 2026 caused a power cut that has disrupted water supplies and healthcare in Kosti, Sudan’s White Nile State, reports Radio Tamazuj. New Kosti water station is now operating on fuel according to a restricted schedule announced by the local water authority.
On Thursdays, the station is supplied from 2pm to 10pm. On other days, it operates from 6am to 11am and then from 6pm to 11pm. The outages are also affecting Kosti’s dialysis centre: its secretary-general, Salah-Eddin Ahmed, said it needs 1.5 barrels of fuel a day for its generators, at a daily cost of three million Sudanese pounds, as well as water costing one million pounds.
Salah-Eddin Ahmed called on the state governor and the relevant authorities to provide solar panels as an alternative source of electricity. The water shortage is also affecting several neighbourhoods without distribution networks, including Al-Tarafiya, Al-Shabbak and Abu Sharif, according to a resident quoted by Radio Tamazuj.
The outage is part of a series of drone strikes on Sudanese energy infrastructure, including an attack on a power station in Khartoum on 27 October and energy facilities in Haya on 31 October.
