[News] Sudan conflict: Khartoum residents fear food shortages amid fighting

[[Depo]]

Ongoing fighting in Sudan's capital is now severely affecting food supplies, as well as disrupting access to water and electricity, according to Khartoum residents who spoke to the BBC.

"We only have enough food for two days," Nisreen Al-Saim said.

Ms Saim added that she and her family were now reducing the amount of food they consume in the hope that their supplies last longer.

Water and electricity cuts have affected many Sudanese homes since clashes began between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group and the Sudanese army on 15 April.

The two sides had been sharing power with the head of the army, Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, as de facto leader and the head of the RSF, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo as his deputy, but they have since started fighting each other.

More than 270 people had died, according to a statement from the US embassy in Khartoum.

Shops shut down
In Bahri, northern Khartoum, eyewitnesses told the BBC that the main water pumping station had been hit.

Hind, a local resident, said the frequent water outages forced her and her family to rely solely on their reserves of abri - a corn-based drink usually consumed during Ramadan - to quench their thirst.

 

Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65335112