Feature: Survival over celebration -- Ramadan in Sudan under shadow of civil war
KHARTOUM, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Ramadan in Sudan has lost its festive spirit, as the ongoing war and deepening economic crisis have transformed the holy month from a time of communal abundance into one of budgeting and daily struggle for survival.
In a market in Omdurman, north of Khartoum, Ahmed Abdul-Baqi, a civil servant whose income was slashed after his workplace closed, stood reviewing a Ramadan shopping lis