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Sudan Museums' Precious Antiquities Looted In War

The Sudan National Museum in the capital Khartoum, seen in 2020, has suffered looting during the war between the army and paramilitaries (Credit: AFP)

Sudan's priceless archaeological heritage is being stripped from museums, with looters loading statuettes and fragments of ancient palaces onto lorries, smuggling them out of the war-torn country, and selling them online.

More than a year of war between rival generals has killed tens of thousands of people, forced millions more to flee their homes, and left the country's prized antiquities at the mercy of pillagers.

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