“We have to support each other, give food and money, and distribute to those around us,” the committee posted on Facebook.
Locally recognised musician Khaled Senhouri “died from hunger” last week in nearby Omdurman, Khartoum’s other battle-scarred sister city, his pals posted on Facebook.
Senhouri had stated in his own online posts that he was unable to leave his home due to the violence and had attempted to hold on with the resources he had. It wasn’t enough.Nine civilians killed in Sudan plane crash as war-torn capital left hungry
The army claimed nine people, including four soldiers, were killed Sunday evening when a civilian airliner crashed in Sudan for “technical” reasons, as the country’s war approached its 100th day.
Millions of people have been confined in their houses, with some going without water, notably in the suburbs of Khartoum, where families are pleading for food donations to help them survive.
Abbas Mohammed Babiker, who lives in a war-torn neighbourhood of the city, claims that he and his family can only eat once a day. Even that is now in doubt, but on Sunday a citizens’ support group issued an urgent call for money to assist those like him.
“We only have enough for two more days,” Babiker said from Khartoum North, where villagers say at least one person, a local musician, has died of starvation.
The army reported a youngster survived the crash of an Antonov jet, which killed nine people, near Port Sudan, on the east coast mostly spared by the war. Due to the hostilities, Port Sudan airport is the only one that is still operational in the country.
According to the latest Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) toll, fighting between the army commanded by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by Mohamed Hamdan Daglo have killed over 3,900 persons since April 15.
According to the International Organisation for Migration, about 2.6 million individuals have been internally displaced, the most of whom are from Khartoum.
Thousands of people remain in the capital, mainly in Khartoum North, without water after the local water station was damaged at the start of the war.
Residents report that there is only intermittent power and that food is running low.
According to the United Nations World Food Programme, almost one-third of the country’s population was already facing starvation when the conflict began. Despite the security hurdles, the agency claims to have reached more than 1.4 million people with emergency food supplies as the demand grows.
“With the fighting, there is no market and we have no money,” said Essam Abbas, another Khartoum North resident.
