‘Khartoum Water, Markets And Banking Apps Are Back’

‘Khartoum Water, Markets And Banking Apps Are Back’

Tagreed Abdin thinks about leaving Sudan every day, but for now in her corner of the capital, people are trying to “return to normalcy” in small ways.

Her local vegetable market re-opened two days ago in western Khartoum. She says she has running water in her home and plenty of rice and pasta left over from Ramadan.

The neighbourhood is “relatively quiet”, Ms Abdin said between periods of very heavy shelling, military planes flying overhead and anti-aircraft missiles being fired.

Sudanese people have mostly been relying on cash since the debit card system went down, she explains, but the main banking app is now working again:

Quote Message: I just got a message that the mobile bank apps have started running again, so I tried it out and I made a transaction to make sure. However people also use it to buy phone credit and make payments [for pre-paid electricity] – so I’m not sure if they were able to fix that part.” from Tagreed Abdin Resident of Khartoum.

BBC/Jide Johnson.