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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bernat Armangue

PHOTO ESSAY: Sudan's capital eases to life again after 3 years of war

Sudan War Photo Essay - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Khartoum has become a kind of ghost town after three years of war. Children wander through an amusement park in the shadow of some of the Sudanese capital’s most well-known buildings, now reduced to shells after attacks.

The ground is littered with bullet casings, shrapnel and unexploded weapons. The threat of a return to fighting remains as conflict continues elsewhere in the vast country between Sudan's military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

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