Mr. Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, strongly condemned the targeting of vital civilian facilities in the city of Merowe, particularly the severe damage inflicted on the electricity transformers connecting the Merowe Dam to the national grid.
The statement added: this grid supplies electricity to several Sudanese states, making this act a blatant violation of international humanitarian law, which strictly prohibits attacks on civilian infrastructure.
Reports indicate that the drone strike on the Merowe Dam transformer station caused extensive power outages in the cities of Merowe, Ad-Dabba, Atbara, Dongola, Omdurman, and various areas in Port Sudan. This has led to near-total paralysis in the affected cities, further aggravating an already dire living crisis.
Counsellor Gamal Roshdy, the official spokesman for the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, stated that the deliberate and repeated violations of international law and humanitarian principles in Sudan, including the destruction of infrastructure and the targeting of civilians and vital facilities, only serve to exacerbate the political impasse and undermine prospects for peace. These actions inflict immeasurable suffering on the Sudanese people, who remain the primary victims of such hostilities.
Roshdy reaffirmed the League of Arab States' unwavering commitment to supporting Sudan’s state institutions, infrastructure, and the rights of its people in all their diversity. He further stressed the importance of adhering fully to the terms of the Jeddah Agreement for a humanitarian ceasefire.
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