{"id":187130,"date":"2013-08-13T16:31:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T16:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/water-scarcity-threatens-lives-of-19-500-sudanese-refugees\/"},"modified":"2013-08-13T16:31:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-13T16:31:00","slug":"water-scarcity-threatens-lives-of-19-500-sudanese-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/water-scarcity-threatens-lives-of-19-500-sudanese-refugees","title":{"rendered":"Water scarcity &#8216;threatens lives of 19,500 Sudanese refugees&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\" lang=\"en-GB\">Sudanese refugees in camp Djabal in eastern Chad are suffering an \u201cacute drinking water crisis\u201d as the only water engine at the camp is said to have broken down. 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