Omdurman power outage: government reports Al-Markhiyat station damage
Sudan’s government says the Al-Markhiyat transformer station northwest of Omdurman was severely damaged and taken out of service on the morning of 27 October 2026. Its statement reports electricity interruptions in parts of Khartoum and River Nile states and other unnamed states. No restoration deadline or affected-customer total is provided.
Status of this incident
Current status unconfirmed
Last known status: confirmed by the source · Government confirms Al-Markhiyat station damage and electricity interruptions in its 27 October statement; current supply and restoration time remain unverified.
Source moment: October 27, 2026 (date only, no time given)
In 20 seconds
The government reports severe damage at Al-Markhiyat and says damage assessment precedes repairs.
Darfur24 witnesses describe electricity loss in parts of Omdurman after a pre-dawn explosion.
Reported impact areas differ by source; exact onset, customer count and restoration remain unverified.
Damage confirmed in a dated government statement
The government’s statement, dated 27 October, says the transformer station was taken out of service that morning. It describes interruptions in parts of Khartoum and River Nile states, as well as states it does not name. It says damage is being assessed before repair work. The statement gives no clock time for publication and no deadline for returning supply.
Darfur24 reports that witnesses heard an explosion towards Al-Markhiyat before dawn on 27 October, followed by electricity loss in parts of Omdurman. That account establishes an attributed sequence of observations; it does not supply an exact start time for every affected area or a measured duration of the interruption.
What the sources tell us, and what they do not
- Government-reported impact
- Parts of Khartoum and River Nile states; other unnamed states
- Station status in 27 October statement
- Government: Al-Markhiyat severely damaged and taken out of service
- Restoration estimate
- No government deadline; restoration unconfirmed
Different accounts describe different affected areas
AFP, carried by NAMPA, quotes an anonymous national electricity company source describing an attack at Al-Markhiyat and interrupted supply in parts of Khartoum and Al-Jazira states. That geographic account is attributed to the anonymous source. It differs from the government’s named areas and cannot be combined into a verified customer total or a complete outage boundary.
MetroTV relays Anadolu witnesses describing electricity loss after an early 27 October strike at the station. Its account says no official damage assessment was available at 06:30 GMT. The government’s statement dated 27 October describes severe damage, but its publication clock is unknown, so the order of the two accounts is not established. Responsibility for the attack has not been independently established in the checked evidence.
Restoration and present supply remain unverified
The available evidence does not confirm restored electricity, an affected-customer count or an exact restoration time. A later media publication date is not an operational update from the station. The reports also do not establish a whole-city outage. General household planning resources include the grid-down essentials guide and the internet backup guide. Neither provides incident-specific supply information.