Sudan war and inflation leave families struggling to survive in Khartoum

Khartoum, Sudan – Rasha Abdelaziz Musa works every day for seven hours selling tea. But by the time she finishes for the day at 10pm, she’s still unsure if she has enough to feed her four children.Musa, 39, is doing her best, but her earnings are increasingly no longer enough to cover soaring food prices in the Sudanese capital.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Drone strike in Sudan’s Nyala kills at least 21, injures 40list 2 of 3‘Russia is already part of who I am’: African students in Moscowlist 3 of 3Sudan’s war steals children’s future with school closures and displacementend of listHer husband, a member of the Sudanese military, has spent more than eight months on the front lines of the country’s war, in which the military has been fighting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces since 2023. Musa has not heard from him for months, and he has sent no money.In his absence, Musa has been left to provide for their children, who attend kindergarten, primary and secondary school.Musa told Al Jazeera that feeding her family costs about 40,000 Sudanese pounds per day ($4 at the parallel-market exchange rate) before accounting for rent, household essentials and other expenses...