{"id":181503,"date":"2015-12-10T14:25:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T14:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/water-shortage-in-sudan-s-white-nile-drives-villagers-from-their-homes\/"},"modified":"2015-12-10T14:25:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T14:25:00","slug":"water-shortage-in-sudan-s-white-nile-drives-villagers-from-their-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/water-shortage-in-sudan-s-white-nile-drives-villagers-from-their-homes","title":{"rendered":"Water shortage in Sudan&#8217;s White Nile drives villagers from their homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The population of some 20 villages in the area of Tendelti, White Nile state, have left their homes and sought refuge in Khartoum and other Sudanese towns, because of the lack of clean drinking water.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The price for a jerry can of drinking water has risen to SDG3 ($0.50),&rdquo; independent MP Ahmed Sabahelkheir reported to the National Parliament on Tuesday. &ldquo;The villagers could not afford to pay it any more. The first people started to leave several months ago.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Diseases were spreading, as the water in the well and reservoirs is heavily polluted,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The villagers of whom most are living below the poverty line anyhow, had to chose between paying for the water or the school fees, so they left, searching for a better place to live in.&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>The population of some 20 villages in the area of Tendelti, White Nile state, have left their homes and sought refuge in Khartoum and other Sudanese towns, because of the lack of clean drinking water.<br \/>\n\u201cThe price for a jerry can of drinking water has risen to SDG3 ($0.50),\u201d independent MP Ahmed Sabahelkheir reported to the National Parliament on Tuesday. \u201cThe villagers could not afford to pay it any more. The first people started to leave several months ago.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cDiseases were spreading, as the water in the well and reservoirs is heavily polluted,\u201d he said.<br \/>\n\u201cThe villagers of whom most are living below the poverty line anyhow, had to chose between paying for the water or the school fees, so they left, searching for a better place to live in.\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-181503","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>Water shortage in Sudan&#039;s White Nile drives villagers from their homes - 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\/water-shortage-in-sudan-s-white-nile-drives-villagers-from-their-homes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Water shortage in Sudan&#039;s White Nile drives villagers from their homes - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The population of some 20 villages in the area of Tendelti, White Nile state, have left their homes and sought refuge in Khartoum and other Sudanese towns, because of the lack of clean drinking water. \u201cThe price for a jerry can of drinking water has risen to SDG3 ($0.50),\u201d independent MP Ahmed Sabahelkheir reported to the National Parliament on Tuesday. \u201cThe villagers could not afford to pay it any more. 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