Sudan war and inflation leave families struggling to survive in Khartoum

In Khartoum, 39-year-old Rasha Abdelaziz Musa sells tea for seven hours a day to support her four children, but rising food prices have made her earnings insufficient. Her husband, a member of Sudan’s military, has been on the front lines for more than eight months; she has not heard from him for months, and he has sent no money. Feeding the family costs about 40,000 Sudanese pounds a day, and Musa sometimes ends the day in debt to food traders. Ahmed Youssef, 61, who supports a household of 12 through work at a butcher shop and occasional livestock deals, says his irregular income no longer covers daily expenses.