Civilians stay put in Khartoum in struggle to surivive Sudan fighting
A man (L) sells fuel in containers as a woman sells drinks in a street in southern Khartoum on May 4, 2023. Civilians who were reluctant to leave their homes in Khartoum face dwindling food supplies, power cuts, water shortages and patchy telecoms. PHOTO | AFP
Since fighting broke out in Sudan on April 15, Khartoum resident Omar says he and his father have not left their home and believe they are the only civilians left in the neighbourhood.
They have limited themselves to one meal a day, hoping their dwindling food supplies will last a month longer.