CAIRO (AP) — Drone strikes knocked out power substations in two northern Sudanese towns on Sunday, the latest in a week of attacks on electricity stations across army-held areas that Sudan’s government and a rights group blamed on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

The strikes on Al-Dabbah in Northern state and Abu Hamad in River Nile state left both towns without power.

The attacks have disrupted electricity and water supplies, halted business activity and forced residents to rely on costly alternatives, driving up prices. The Sudan Doctors Network warned the outages endanger hospitals, dialysis centers and blood banks, and threaten the cold storage needed for medicines and vaccines.

Fifteen substations have been targeted since early October, Emergency Lawyers, a Sudanese rights group tracking the attacks, said, leaving the war-torn country’s grid dependent on a handful of plants.

Residents face shutdowns as diesel runs out

In Al-Dabbah, residents woke to an explosion shortly after 4 a.m. Sunday.…