{"id":185170,"date":"2014-05-25T12:06:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-25T12:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/severe-drinking-water-crisis-in-bahr-el-arab-east-darfur\/"},"modified":"2014-05-25T12:06:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-25T12:06:00","slug":"severe-drinking-water-crisis-in-bahr-el-arab-east-darfur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/severe-drinking-water-crisis-in-bahr-el-arab-east-darfur","title":{"rendered":"Severe drinking water crisis in Bahr El Arab, East Darfur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The residents of Siad Bara in Bahr El Arab locality in the southern part of East Darfur, complain of a shortage of drinking water. Large numbers of livestock have died.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only three wells in the area are all not operating,\u201d a citizen told Radio Dabanga from Siad Bara. \u201cIt takes about five hours on a donkey to collect water, as the nearest place to fetch water from is about 10km away. The Commissioner of Bahr El Arab had arranged for a borehole driller, but it turned out to be broken too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The resident of Siad Bara, whose population amounts to about 4,000 people, reported that large numbers of livestock have died of thirst during the last months.<\/p>\n<p>He added that also the region located north of Bahr El Arab locality is also facing a severe potable water crisis, \u201cincluding the areas of Buwat El Kheil, Tabaldiya, El Shitiya, Yagheen, Hilal, and Sheikh Abdel Rahman&nbsp;Aboud\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The citizen appealed to the local authorities and the East Darfur State government to \u201ctake immediate action and solve the problem, as the scarcity of water is affecting all aspects of human life\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><em>File photo: Darfuri woman collecting water from a dry wadi<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Related:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/72606\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thousands of displaced in East Darfur in need of aid<\/a> (8 May 2014)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/66944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Serious water crisis in East Darfur\u2019s Khor Omer camp<\/a> (17 February 2014)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/62560\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thirst as drinking water hits almost $9 a barrel in East Darfur<\/a> (24 December 2014)<!--break--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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 residents of Siad Bara in Bahr El Arab locality in the southern part of East Darfur, complain of a shortage of drinking water. Large numbers of livestock have died. \u201cThe only three wells in the area are all not operating,\u201d a citizen told Radio Dabanga from Siad Bara. \u201cIt takes about five hours on a donkey to collect water, as the nearest place to fetch water from is about 10km away. The Commissioner of Bahr El Arab had arranged for a borehole driller, but it turned out to be broken too.\u201d The resident of Siad Bara, whose population amounts to about 4,000 people, reported that large numbers of livestock have died of thirst during the last months. He added that also the region located north of Bahr El Arab locality is also facing a severe potable water crisis, \u201cincluding the areas of Buwat El Kheil, Tabaldiya, El Shitiya, Yagheen, Hilal, and Sheikh Abdel Rahman\u00a0Aboud\u201d. The citizen appealed to the local authorities and the East Darfur State government to \u201ctake immediate action and solve the problem, as the scarcity of water is affecting all aspects of human life\u201d. File photo: Darfuri woman collecting water from a dry wadi Related:Thousands of displaced in East Darfur in need of aid (8 May 2014) Serious water crisis in East Darfur\u2019s Khor Omer camp (17 February 2014) Thirst as drinking water hits almost $9 a barrel in East Darfur (24 December 2014)<\/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-185170","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>Severe drinking water crisis in Bahr El Arab, East Darfur - 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\/severe-drinking-water-crisis-in-bahr-el-arab-east-darfur\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Severe drinking water crisis in Bahr El Arab, East Darfur - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The residents of Siad Bara in Bahr El Arab locality in the southern part of East Darfur, complain of a shortage of drinking water. 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