Osman Salih in Khartoum has found it hard enough to protect his own family through days of heavy fighting that have hammered Sudan's capital, yet he still battles on to prevent lions and other wild animals starving at a sanctuary he runs.
"We're struggling on one side to feed our family and children and close ones," he said.
"And at the same time, we can't give up on the responsibility towards the animals that we've worked so hard to rescue and take care of," Salih said in a video interview from the sanctuary at Al Bageir, southeast from the capital.