![]() The photo taken on Apshows an armored military vehicle of the Sudanese army damaged in Bahri, north of the Sudanese capital Khartoum. The power outages also disrupted the water supply. ![]() Hanafi said that some residents had to resort to other alternatives, such as generators, but failed to operate them due to a lack of fuel. "There is no electricity in the northern Al-Shabiya area (a neighborhood north of Khartoum)," Tariq Hanafi, a resident of the Al-Shabiya neighborhood, told Xinhua on Tuesday. Residents of Khartoum are suffering from frequent power outages for long hours due to the suspension of purchasing electricity through bank applications or direct sales windows, according to the National Electricity Corporation. The photo taken on Apshows a closed shop in Khartoum, Sudan amid the ongoing clashes. Access to cash remains a significant issue in Khartoum and South Darfur, while the increase in fuel prices and transportation costs has hindered both daily life and the ability of people to move out of insecure areas," the report said. "In some areas, shops have closed because of insecurity or lack of goods. "Prices have increased dramatically for staple goods and there are shortages of imported goods such as wheat flour, oil, and tomato paste," said the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, citing a report by the Mercy Corps. He warned the number of citizens in need of urgent aid will likely increase "as millions of employees are currently unable to work because of the war." Mohamed Noureddine Hashim, a Sudanese economist, told Xinhua that "major food commodity factories and import companies of the country are in Khartoum, but most of those factories have now been vandalized to closure." The photo taken on Apshows black smoke billowing into sky as result of the armed clashes in Khartoum, Sudan. This has disrupted the supply of daily necessities, sent the prices of food commodities to skyrocket, and raised fears about an inflation surge that could push millions of Sudanese to the edge of starvation. Residents in the conflict zones are facing acute shortages of basic services, food, electricity, and water supply, while the situation has been exacerbated by air bombardments and looting of major local markets. KHARTOUM, May 16 (Xinhua) - The already dire humanitarian crisis in Sudan's capital of Khartoum is worsening as the armed clashes between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) entered the second month. Sudanese residents in the capital of Khartoum are facing a worsening humanitarian crisis due to lack of power and food supplies amid the ongoing armed clashes which have entered the second month. A Sudanese army warplane is seen attacking the posts of paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Bahri in north of Khartoum, Sudan, on May 11, 2023.
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