'I'm sipping water from the River Nile,' a soldier in the Sudanese war

After six days of fierce fighting in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, the author has driven to the River Nile in search of drinking water. He has been sheltering inside with his wife and children and has run out of water and electricity and internet supply. He has been reporting from Sudan for almost two decades and has been covering protests and military coups before, but this coverage is the most difficult because it's happening right on the streets around him. As he makes his way to the river, he sees in the distance plumes of smoke rising from the combat zone, where heavy fighting continues despite the promise of a 24-hour ceasefire from both sides. He speaks to families who have resorted to collecting water from the Nile for drinking and other purposes. The most important details in this text are the difficulties faced by people in Sudan during the fierce fighting, especially during Ramadan, and how they have been affected by water cuts and previous droughts. People are gathering water from the river, some in small buckets, others in big containers, on carts with wheels, often pulled by donkeys. Everyone boils the water before consuming it, but it isn't completely clean. A report by Unicef and the Sudanese government into drinking water safety in Sudan in 2017 warned that the water-related health risks are rapidly increasing due to an increase in the population and economic activities along the Nile (among the highest population densities in the world) and the lack of drinking water and sewage or agriculture drainage water treatment.