{"id":43994,"date":"2026-08-28T10:46:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T08:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=43994"},"modified":"2026-08-28T10:46:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T08:46:01","slug":"extensive-power-cuts-hamper-life-in-sudan","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/extensive-power-cuts-hamper-life-in-sudan\/","title":{"rendered":"Extensive power cuts hamper life in Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Sudanese welder Shannan Mohammed has been building furniture for a family \u200bin Omdurman little by little as constant blackouts interrupt his work.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Pointing to half-built \u200cdoors, chairs, and tables in the courtyard of a home, he says, &#8220;All this is money that has been frozen because of lack of electricity stopping the work.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Army-controlled areas of Sudan have been plagued by blackouts \u200bthat have worsened recently due to a combination of targeting of the power grid by \u200bthe rival Rapid Support Forces and meagre government funding to carry out repairs.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The \u2060blackouts have impeded the lives of hundreds of thousands who have returned to Khartoum since the \u200barmy retook it last year and have undermined attempts to rebuild the devastated economy.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;They give you \u200bfive hours of power, and then it cuts. It comes back the next day. And it has no benefit for a working person because it comes at night,&#8221; Mohammed said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Even household tasks have become impossible, Mohammed&#8217;s sister \u200bAwatef told\u00a0<i>Reuters.<\/i><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Every time I do the laundry, I don&#8217;t get to finish it because \u200bthe power cuts off,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We only eat take-out from the street, so that nothing is left over \u200cfor \u2060us to put in the refrigerator.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":28952,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-43994","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Sudan xtensive power cuts","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43995,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43994\/revisions\/43995"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=43994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}