Sudan’s capital ‘living between two Niles, and still thirsty’: residents
The residents of El Shajara district in southern Khartoum went to the street in a mass demonstration on Friday. They protested against the drinking water crisis the district is suffering from since two months. The demonstrators chanted slogans such as “Water, water! We have paid bills for nothing but corruption,” and “Living between two Niles, and still thirsty”. A resident of El Shajara explained to Radio Dabanga that the network supplying the district with water was recently diverted to the Yathrib district, “where affiliates of the ruling party reside”. The director of the Water Wells Corporation in southern Khartoum promised the demonstrators to dig new wells for the district. File photo: Meeting of two Nile Rivers at Khartoum (Herbert Lewis/University of Wisconsin) Related: Protests, Ba’ath Party members arrested, police reinforced in Sudan’s capital (6 May 2014)
The residents of El Shajara district in southern Khartoum went to the street in a mass demonstration on Friday.
They protested against the drinking water crisis the district is suffering from since two months. The demonstrators chanted slogans such as “Water, water! We have paid bills for nothing but corruption,” and “Living between two Niles, and still thirsty”.
A resident of El Shajara explained to Radio Dabanga that the network supplying the district with water was recently diverted to the Yathrib district, “where affiliates of the ruling party reside”.
The director of the Water Wells Corporation in southern Khartoum promised the demonstrators to dig new wells for the district.
File photo: Meeting of two Nile Rivers at Khartoum (Herbert Lewis/University of Wisconsin)
Related: Protests, Ba’ath Party members arrested, police reinforced in Sudan’s capital (6 May 2014)
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