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Reuters
Reuters
Health
By Eleanor Whalley

Sudan resident 'trying to survive' as food runs out

Smoke is seen rise from buildings during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum North, Sudan. April 22, 2023. REUTERS/ Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

After more than a week of conflict in Sudan, Bandar Dowelbait said his food supplies have nearly run out and he can only go outside to look for drinking water during lulls in fighting which has turned his city into a war zone.

Dowelbait, 26, said he wants to leave Bahri, a city adjoining Khartoum, to find a safer area but can't because fuel is so scarce, describing the area as a "ghost town" since the fighting erupted between rival wings the Sudanese military.

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