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A view of flooded farmland on the riverbank and swelling Blue Nile as its water level rises after heavy rainfall in Khartoum, Sudan Photo by Mahmoud Hjaj/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Andrea Zerboni, University of Milan Over the past few weeks, floods – following exceptionally heavy rains – have hit Sudan. Many parts of the country have been affected though …

<figure> <img src=”https://images.theconversation.com/files/357921/original/file-20200914-22-1592kvn.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=754&fit=clip” /> <figcaption> Sudanese people carry their belongings through the flood waters. <span class=”attribution”><span class=”source”> Isam Al-Haj/AFP via Getty Images</span></span> </figcaption> </figure> <span><a href=”https://theconversation.com/profiles/abdelrahim-salih-1156214″>Abdelrahim Salih</a>, <em><a href=”https://theconversation.com/institutions/imam-muhammad-ibn-saud-islamic-university-4858″>Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University</a></em></span> <p><em>In Sudan, record floods and heavy rains <a href=”https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/lost-thousands-homeless-sudan-battles-floods-200909102451318.html”>have so far</a> killed over one hundred people and displaced over 500,000. A committee tasked with dealing with …