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Reuters
Reuters
Health
By Adam Makary and Dina Sakr

In Khartoum, civilians face desperate struggle to survive

FILE PHOTO: Citizens dig small holes at the shore to get pure water at the banks of the White Nile as clashes between the Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the?Sudanese army continue, in Khartoum, Sudan, May 6, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer

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. "After that, we don't know what we'll do except survive off water and dates," he said by phone from Sudan's embattled capital.

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