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Here's the Mancunian Way for today: Hello, “I will update you every day, don't worry. If I don't respond, message one of your uncles or cousins.
The things here are bad, it will get worse before it gets better.” That’s the message Hakim Hafazalla has received from his dad Elmugiera, who is currently in Sudan.
Hakim - who works as a Manchester Evening News reporter - was due to visit the country for a family wedding when civil war broke out.
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