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1. Sudan: Two-Week Power Blackout After Drone Attack Sees Prices in Sudan's White Nile State Soar

   AllAfrica 2026-11-11 05:05

   [Dabanga] Rabak, White Nile State -- Residents of Rabak, in Sudan's White Nile state, have been without electricity for 14 consecutive days, with the cost of basic services rising sharply. A block of ice now costs SDG 60,000, charging a mob...

2. Abandoned and traumatised: child refugees at ‘violent’ breaking point in Egypt after fleeing Sudan war

   The Guardian 2026-11-09 10:00

   Three years of conflict has left hundreds of thousands of Sudanese children out of school and vulnerable to gangs and drugsMounds of rubbish, the stench of raw sewage and, at night, roaming drug dealers and gangs. These are the streets of a...