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- Organization urges all warring parties to comply with Saudi-mediated ceasefire agreement
- Several Sudanese cities suffered power outages as a result of the attack on Monday morning
LONDON: Ahmed Aboul Gheit, the secretary-general of the Arab League, on Thursday condemned the recent attack on the Merowe Dam and hydroelectric station in northern Sudan.
The attack on the dam, the largest hydropower project in Africa, in the early hours of Monday morning caused power outages in several Sudanese cities, including Merowe, Ad-Dabba, Atbara, Dongola, Omdurman, and parts of Port Sudan.
Aboul Gheit said the incident was “a new violation of international humanitarian law that prohibits targeting civilian infrastructure.”
Since April 2023, Sudan has been ravaged by a conflict between rival military factions in the country that has resulted in the deaths of at least 60,000 people and the displacement of 3 million.
The Arab League urges all warring parties to comply with a Saudi-mediated ceasefire agreement, signed in Jeddah in May 2023, which outlines a path to peace in Sudan, Aboul Gheit added.