Life in al-Fashir is further complicated by acute shortage of drinking water which is brought from sal wells and sold at unaffordable prices for many families whose houses host large numbers of displaced people.
Al-Fashir: Altaghyeer
Al-Fashir city in North Darfur State is witnessing severe water shortage intensified by a week-long stoppage of water provision by donkey carriages whose owners were killed by an artillery shell.
Altaghyeer correspondent in Al-Fashir, Moamar Ibrahim, said the drinking water is brought from salty wells and sold at 8,000 Sudanese pounds for two barrels, a high price unaffordable by many, making life more complicated for families whose houses host large numbers of displaced people.
Power outage and internet slow connection add to the suffering of people who are trapped in the random shelling of both warring parties.
Violent artillery shelling hit on Sunday the northern, eastern and southern parts of al-Fashir forcing the people to flee these areas, Altaghyeer correspondent said, adding that residents of Abu Shouk, Naivasha and Abuja camps for displaced people fled to the south eastern part of the city.
All of the city’s markets have closed their doors due to the random shelling, Ibrahim said.
Darfur Governor, Mini Arko Minawi, wrote on X that the Rapid Support Forces is intentionally shelling the citizens homes, camps and hospitals to force them out of al-Fashir city.
