According to UNICEF spokesman James Elder, in the last week of October not a single day passed without an armed drone striking a power station in Sudan, and up to 15 were hit in the month.

Repeated strikes have hit key sites across the power grid, spreading geographically and coming in quick succession, which UNICEF describes as a serious escalation in attacks on civilian infrastructure. The planting window for the 2026-27 cereal harvest has largely closed, and late rains cannot undo the damage. The agency estimates that 825,000 children under five are expected to suffer from severe acute malnutrition this year, that two in three child casualties in Sudan this year were caused by drones and that its response in the country is just one-third funded.