2023-04-17 17:03:39
Amidst showers of bullets and the sound of artillery, Muhammad Abdel Qader left his house in the suburb of Al-Thawra, north of the city of Omdurman, going to a nearby store to find some of his life needs after his stocks ran out, but he encountered a severe shortage of some supplies, especially vegetables, meat and bread, after 3 days. Among the armed clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces, which are taking place in the capital and a number of Sudanese regions.
And if Abdul Qadir was lucky because he still kept some money that might cover his needs for the coming days, Saleh Musa (45 years old) ran out of money and food together, and he is staying in his house in the Saleha area, south of Omdurman, in a harsh humanitarian situation, and he lives at the mercy of Scarce aid from his neighbors and relatives.
Saleh Musa told Sky News Arabia: “I did not take into account these battles, so I was unable to save any money or foodstuffs in my house. I am a simple worker in a restaurant in one of the Khartoum markets, and my income is limited and barely meets my needs for one day.”
He points out that his work was forced to stop for three days because of the fighting, adding: “This is a long period that I am not used to, as you find me working even during the holidays.”
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He continues, “My place of residence is relatively safe, which reduces fears that we will die from stray bullets, as happened with our brothers in the hot spots, but hunger and disease will kill us if the military confrontations continue for days to come. We ask God to stop these clashes, which we will not be able to endure for a long time.”
Moussa sends a message to the two sides of the conflict in Sudan, saying: “My message to the warring forces is to obey the voice of reason, out of compassion for the simple citizens.”
The search for food
For his part, Mohamed Abdel Qader, a government employee, confirms that bakeries in Omdurman have reduced their operational capacity and started working for short times for fear of depleting their stock of flour, as the supply was completely cut off.
The reason for this interruption is the closure of the Nile bridges and the roads linking the parts of Khartoum, which created a state of scarcity in bread, and citizens were forced to line up in order to obtain it.
He told Sky News Arabia: “Vegetables have completely disappeared from the market, especially tomatoes, and there is a shortage of red meat, whose prices have increased, which prompted me to resort to municipal mills to obtain estimated quantities of corn flour and save it at home, in anticipation of the battles that may last for days.” “.
Abdul Qadir and Musa embody a tragic reality faced by millions of Khartoum residents, who struggle to obtain their food needs under the showers of bullets and the flames of military clashes, which entered their third day without the emergence of a solution.
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A “real tragedy”… no water or electricity
In conjunction with the scarcity of food, there is an acute crisis in drinking water in the three cities of the capital, Khartoum, Bahri and Omdurman, following the disruption of major Nile stations as a result of the military clashes.
Large residential neighborhoods also suffer from permanent power outages for 3 days, as electrical transformers were affected by the fire.
Abla Adam, a resident of the city of Bahri, told Sky News Arabia: “We are living through a real tragedy in obtaining drinking water, and we also suffer from power outages. Our bodies have become a breeding ground for mosquitoes and hot weather, and what is worse is the collapse of some sewage networks.” .
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In turn, Muhammad al-Sadiq, a resident of northern Omdurman, complains about the same crises, telling Sky News Arabia: “3 days without water or electricity, and this is something that completely makes us forget about food. We are not interested in it at the present time.”
He continues, “We hope for an urgent return to the electric and water supply, as there is no water source near us, even the primitive vehicles that we relied on in the past have completely disappeared. We want water at any cost.”
No access to hospitals.. and difficult conditions after reaching them
The capital’s residents are also facing a health crisis, in the absence of safe passages to reach hospitals and health facilities, which in turn are facing terrible training and an acute shortage of life-saving medicines, in addition to the overcrowding of some of them with wounded military clashes, according to medical sources quoted to “Sky News Arabia”. .
Public transportation and taxis stopped completely after closing all petroleum distribution stations in the capital, which led to a lack of fuel and the difficulty of transporting the disease to hospitals.
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“terrifying scenario”
Economic analyst Ahmed Khalil believes that the continuation of the clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces, “will lead to a food disaster and a comprehensive famine in the capital, Khartoum, which will inevitably lead to security chaos and looting in the streets and markets, which is a terrifying scenario that we fear will happen.”
And he adds to “Sky News Arabia” website, “About 75 percent of the population of the capital, Khartoum, are poor and low-income, and depend on daily income from marginal jobs, which indicates that stopping work for more than a day will expose them to the risk of hunger, and this is what actually happened with Millions of needy families.
He also points out that the clashes “erupted in light of a severe economic crisis in Sudan, which was manifested in the decline in the value of the national currency, high inflation rates, and the state’s inability to pay the incomes of public service workers.”
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And he continues, “These military confrontations will lead to a comprehensive economic collapse, which in turn will lead to an exacerbation of the living conditions of citizens, which requires the urgent intervention of humanitarian organizations.”
Over the course of 3 days, the Sudanese capital did not sleep, and its residents remained awake with the sounds of bullets, the sound of artillery, and planes flying in its sky, after tensions between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces reached an open military confrontation, the scene of which is the main cities in this vast country.
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