Residents sustain livelihood in primitive means amid war in Sudan

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Residents sustain livelihood in primitive means amid war in Sudan

STORY: Residents sustain livelihood in primitive means amid war in Sudan SHOOTING TIME: April 17, 2024 DATELINE: April 18, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:11 LOCATION: Khartoum CATEGORY: SOCIETY/MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a woman setting up a fire on the ground using firewood 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ALIYA KHALIL, Resident in Khartoum 3. various of a man ironing clothes using an old charcoal iron 4. various of the traditional lantern 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): RUAA MUDAWE, Resident in Khartoum 6. various of a donkey-pulled water cart 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): NAJLA AL-SANOUSI, Resident in Khartoum STORYLINE: One year into the war in Sudan, residents of the Sudanese capital of Khartoum have been enduring extremely difficult living conditions, resorting to primitive means to secure their everyday necessities. Since the war broke out on April 15, 2023, local residents have faced power outages, scarcity of water, lack of transportation, and disruption of communication networks. Without a reliable supply of resources t

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