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STORY: Like millions of others, Fadwa Sayed Ahmed was uprooted after fighting broke out in Sudan's capital Khartoum between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in mid-April.

She and her family left Omdurman, a city that adjoins Khartoum, in June - heading to the coastal city Port Sudan.

The art teacher says life is more difficult now.

"In Port Sudan, we suffer from lack of water, we have to buy drinking water, and water for cooking - which is different, we have to pay for electricity. In Khartoum, we did not suffer from all of this."

More than 5.25 million of Sudan's 49 million population have been displaced since the fighting erupted, according to U.N. figures.

Most have not returned home.

They face malnutrition and floods as they lodge in shelters beset by crumbling walls and scorpions.

Survival depends on handouts and meager aid relief, as the generosity of host communities is stretched increasingly thin.

Ahmed's husband, Omar Khalil, says one continuing lifeline is remittance sent by Sudanese people living abroad.

"This cannot last forever; a solution must be found."

The conflict has brought Sudan's stagnant economy to its knees.

Prices for products have soared as the currency has tumbled.

The country is now having to draw on its scant resources to support its internally displaced population.

Meanwhile international aid efforts remain severely underfunded.

According to the United Nations by mid-August just 25% had been provided of the $2.6 billion required for this year.