Two days after five students were shot dead in central Sudan while protesting against the growing bread and fuel shortages in the city, many residents are angry at deteriorating services and lack of essential supplies, as authorities impose a night curfew.
"At this time I was supposed to be in the vegetable market, but for my family to get their food I have to wait in front of the bakery for a long time," he said. .
Maawiya Saad, a 35-year-old employee of a private company, says that getting bread has become difficult. One has to wait an hour or more and sometimes has to search for it in more than one bakery because of the breakdown of the bakery.
"Since this morning we have no electricity in the house, and we have been suffering for months, but it is getting worse for the other two weeks," said Babker Awad Ali, sitting in front of his house.
Mohammed al-Hassan, who owns a bakery, says the main problem is the irregularity of the electricity supply, and it is difficult to buy and operate a special generator.
Public congestion in many cities is worsening as services deteriorate and authorities fail to solve basic problems. The rise in bread prices tripled late last year when protests broke out that led to the ouster of President Omar al-Bashir in April.
Al-Abyad, the center of northern Kordofan state, has been free of unrest for months, but recent student deaths have shocked the pro-Bashir city for much of his three-decade rule.
The authorities imposed a night curfew indefinitely on the back of the tension in white, but hundreds demonstrated today in front of the army headquarters, demanding accountability for the deaths of students, who spent the sixth day of his wounds.