Fighting in Sudan has left hundreds of thousands of Khartoum residents without running water, with some forced to risk their lives and seek it out during brief lulls in violence.
After nearly six weeks of street battles between forces loyal to rival generals and with temperatures regularly topping 40 degrees celsius, many inhabitants of the capital's northern suburbs are in desperate need of drinking water.
"At the start of the war, we took water from the wells of the factories in the industrial zone, but after a week, the paramilitaries captured it," resident Adel Mohammed told AFP. Together, they fill a van and return to distribute a few litres each to families remaining in the neighbourhood.Rashed Hussein, who fled with his family to Madani, some 200 kilometres south of Khartoum, said:
Waterborne diseases and poor hygiene are leading causes of death in children under five, the agency said.
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