Sudan power crisis: Studying using candles, counting gas station trips

Khartoum, Sudan – Before Husna Mohamed’s five children leave for school and her husband heads to his workshop, the 34-year-old is already carrying jerrycans towards her southern Khartoum neighbourhood’s shared water pipe.

Power cuts mean that the electric motor she once used to pump water inside her home is now useless, forcing her to make the daily trip.

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