{"id":178272,"date":"2017-05-21T06:02:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-21T06:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/drinking-water-shortage-across-darfur-port-sudan\/"},"modified":"2017-05-21T06:02:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T06:02:00","slug":"drinking-water-shortage-across-darfur-port-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/drinking-water-shortage-across-darfur-port-sudan","title":{"rendered":"Drinking water shortage across Darfur, Port Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sudanese across the country are experiencing a severe drinking water crisis.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The displaced people living in Kassab camp in North Darfur&rsquo;s Kutum are suffering from a shortage of water as the most of the pumps stopped working more than a month ago.<\/p>\n<p>A Kassab camp elder told Radio Dabanga that more than 20 of the 28 pumps are not operating anymore. &ldquo;The problem is that the camp residents cannot afford to buy spare parts to repair them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Red Sea<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>People in a number of residential districts in Port Sudan and Suakin in Red Sea state have to make do with drinking water bought from tankers or donkey carts as the water supply has been extremely irregular for several months.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The commercial prices of water are soaring,&rdquo; a listener in Port Sudan complained. &ldquo;We now pay SDG40 ($6) for a jerry can of water.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sws_supernormalaction\"><button on=\"tap:superwebshare-lightbox\" class=\"superwebshare_normal_button1 superwebshare-button-large superwebshare-button-square superwebshare_prompt superwebshare_button_svg\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color: #d52631;\" ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"superwebshare-svg\"  fill=\"currentColor\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M789.86,323.67c91.79,0,164.25-72.46,164.25-164.25S881.64,0,789.86,0S625.6,72.46,625.6,164.25c0,4.83,0,14.49,0,24.15L306.76,371.98c-24.15-24.15-57.97-33.82-96.62-33.82c-91.79,0-164.25,72.46-164.25,164.25s72.46,164.25,164.25,164.25c38.65,0,72.46-14.49,96.62-33.82L625.6,821.26c0,9.66,0,14.49,0,19.32c0,86.96,72.46,159.42,159.42,159.42s159.42-72.46,159.42-159.42s-67.63-159.42-154.59-159.42c-33.82,0-67.63,9.66-96.62,33.82L374.4,526.57c0-9.66,0-19.32,0-24.15s0-14.49,0-24.15l318.84-188.41C717.39,314.01,751.21,323.67,789.86,323.67z\" \/><\/svg><span>Share article<\/span><\/button><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sudanese across the country are experiencing a severe drinking water crisis.<br \/>\nThe displaced people living in Kassab camp in North Darfur\u2019s Kutum are suffering from a shortage of water as the most of the pumps stopped working more than a month ago.<br \/>\nA Kassab camp elder told Radio Dabanga that more than 20 of the 28 pumps are not operating anymore. \u201cThe problem is that the camp residents cannot afford to buy spare parts to repair them.\u201d<br \/>\nRed Sea<br \/>\nPeople in a number of residential districts in Port Sudan and Suakin in Red Sea state have to make do with drinking water bought from tankers or donkey carts as the water supply has been extremely irregular for several months.<br \/>\n\u201cThe commercial prices of water are soaring,\u201d a listener in Port Sudan complained. \u201cWe now pay SDG40 ($6) for a jerry can of water.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Drinking water shortage across Darfur, Port Sudan - Dabanga Radio TV Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/drinking-water-shortage-across-darfur-port-sudan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Drinking water shortage across Darfur, Port Sudan - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sudanese across the country are experiencing a severe drinking water crisis. 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