Mass Protests in Sudan's Merowe Over Week-Long Power Outage
Dozens of residents in the city of Merowe (Northern State) held a mass protest to denounce a total power blackout that has crippled the region for over a week. The outage, caused by war-related damages to transformers and infrastructure, has devastated local agricultural and service sectors.
Date: April 16, 2026
Location: North Africa, Sudan
Conflict: Sudanese Civil War
Category: protest
Severity: MEDIUM
Source: Sudan Tribune