CAIRO (AP) — For the last three days, Howeida al\u002DHassan and her family have been hunkered down in the first floor of her home in the Sudanese capital, sleeping…
Al-Hassan, a gynecologist who lives in the al-Fayhaa neighborhood of east Khartoum, said her family avoids approaching windows for fear of being killed or injured in the crossfire. Outside, forces from both sides roam the streets armed with machine guns and automatic weapons, backed by artillery shelling and airstrikes, she said.Al-Hassan’s family has not had running water or electricity since the violence started and have had to charge their phones in their car to keep up with the latest news.
The fighting is a new blow to Sudan’s already faltering economy. Nearly a third of the country’s population, almost 16 million people, was in need of humanitarian aid, including some 11.7 million already facing high acute food insecurity, according to the U.N. “This is an annual tradition,” he said. “Every Ramadan, we buy flour, rice, oil and other needs to cover the whole month.”
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