Port Sudan Rolles after a week of attack star-news.press/wp

Mass increase the price of water is just one consequence of the weekly air attacks on the Red Sea city Port Sudan.

Once seen as relatively safe refuge from the Sudan Civil War, Luka Sudan now accumulates from the day of bombing from the work force of support (RSF) paramilitary groups.

After six days of drones attack, smoke continues to grow from three fuel warehouses that were targeted. Rescue teams are gathered around the destroyed locations, but they struggle to get fire.

The conflict that began as a struggle between RSF and the Army has been created by more than two years from the world’s worst humanitarian crises and forced more than 12 million people from their homes.

One of those who escaped in the port of Sudan is 26-year-old mutasim, who did not want to have their second name published for security reasons.

The BBC talked to him after waiting for hours to show the seller of water.

Vital goods became scarce. Explosions in fuel warehouses have a left port sudan without a diesel used to power the pumps that bring underground water.

Mutasim told the BBC that a day of water supply cost 2,000 Sudanian pounds ($ 3.30) a week ago, now it is charged five times larger times.

He leaves him and seven more family members without much water for cooking, cleaning and swimming.

“Soon, we will not be able to afford it,” he said to explain that he gets money from shopping and selling basic goods on the market.

Water is not the only challenge in the Sudan Port.

Everyday life returns to normal, marketplace and shops are open, but there are many cars outside the city gas stations because people are desperately waiting for fuel.

“It could take me five hours to get gas,” Mutasim said.

It is the situation that many Sudanese face before, but not in this city.

Until last week, Port Sudan was one of the few places in the country that was considered protected from the worst civil war.

“We came here two years ago from Omdurmani,” Mutasim said, referring to a city sitting on the other side of the Nile River from the capital, Khartoum.

The family cost the whole savings – $ 3,000 (£ 2,250) – to set up in a new place.

“We were forced to leave our home from RSF, so it was a relief that came here. Life began to return to normal.”

“We’ve been thinking about movement because it’s no more sure here, but so expensive – and where are we going?”

Port Sudan is experiencing blackout in the last two weeks, which worsened the latest attacks.

“My aunt has more than 70 years, fighting heat and moisture because there is no electricity for fans at night,” Mutasim said.

“We can’t sleep.”

Hawa Mustafa, El-Geneine teacher in Darfur, in the west of the country, also sought refuge in the Port Sudan.

She lived with four children in the shelter for displaced people for more than two years. She said these week attacks had left “live in fear.”

“The drones came to us and we returned to the warrior and lack of security,” she said for the BBC.

“The sounds of drones and air-fighting missiles remind me of the first day of the war in El-Geneini.”

Hawa lives without her husband, who could not leave his home due to the deterioration of the security situation. It is now responsible for your family.

“I don’t know where to go if things get worse in the Sudan Port. I planned to go to one of the neighboring countries, but it seems to be this dream will not come true.”

Another person who lives in the city of Mariam Atta, told the BBC to “life completely changed.”

“Let’s fight to deal,” she said. “Fear is constant.”

Since the Sudanian Civil War began in 2023. Humanitarian agencies depended on the port of Sudan as a gate to adopt assistance, due to his port and the only functional international airport in the country and land.

Organizations such as the UN World Provision Program are used to provide food assistance.

“Port Sudan is our main humanitarian center,” says Lenni Kinzli, WFP spokesman for Sudan.

“In March, we had almost 20,000 metric tons of food distributed, and I would say that it was definitely more than half of the last come through the Port Sudan,” she said for the BBC.

WFP said that there is currently hunger in 10 regions of the country, with 17 more at risk.

Now worried many help agencies, these attacks could block the help flow, making the humanitarian situation worse.

“I think this will seriously restrict food for savings and medical material, which will risk a further deterioration but a critical situation,” Shashwat Saraf, director of the refugee refugee said, BBC.

He added that as well as the agencies will look for other routes to the ground, it will be challenging.

The city is quiet at night.

Before attacking people would gather on the coast and some would watch football in local cafes. But the darkening of the electricity has left the city in the dark and residents decide to stay at home for security reasons.