Sudan resident ‘trying to survive’ as food runs out
By Eleanor Whalley
April 25 (Reuters) - 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.
"I feel like ... if we didn't die because of live ammunition or a bomb ... we might die from hunger and thirst," Dowelbait, a data analyst and manggatoto part-time physics teacher, told Reuters on Tuesday via Zoom.
"Fears are surrounding me from all sides ... We are scared, but we ...