CAIRO: For the last three days, Howeida al-Hassan and her family have been hunkered down in the first floor of her home in the Sudanese capital, sleeping on the floor as sounds of airstrikes and gunfire surround them.
This is the life of millions of Sudanese trapped in their homes since violence suddenly erupted over the weekend between forces loyal to the country's top two generals. Civilian life has come to a standstill as tens of thousands of heavily armed fighters from the military and its rival, the Rapid Support Forces, battle it out in densely populated residential areas.For many, food supplies are already dwindling as going out to restock has become too dangerous.
'I stood more than three hours in a long queue while the sound of fighting was heard very close,' she said. She was eventually able to get her bread.But she hasn't been able to reach the hospital where she works, though it's only a kilometer away. She said she gives remote consultations through her phone to women in need. 'This is not ideal, but it's the only option we have,' she said.The fighting is a new blow to Sudan's already faltering economy.
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