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The loyal, lonely keepers of Sudan's pyramids

The loyal, lonely keepers of Sudan's pyramids

Mostafa Ahmed Mostafa is the heir to a long line of groundskeepers who have guarded Sudan's ancient pyramids of Meroe. Now, three years into the war between the army and paramilitary forces, he stands near-solitary sentinel over his heritage. "These pyramids are ours, it's

Dealing with the dead in the ruins of Sudan's war

Dealing with the dead in the ruins of Sudan's war

At a makeshift morgue in Khartoum, engineer turned mortician Ali Gebbai clicked through a spreadsheet of the dead. Thousands of entries, each with a photo and burial site, keep a harrowing record of Sudan's war. Every time the team of volunteers finds a body, they post to social

The rescuers of Khartoum: How to keep a city alive in war

The rescuers of Khartoum: How to keep a city alive in war

During the worst of the war in Sudan's capital Khartoum, each neighbourhood learned a morbid choreography -- the sound of a blast sending everyday people springing into action to save as many lives as possible. Young men sprinted to the impact site, transporting the dead and wounded on scooters,

The tiny, defiant Nile island caught in the heart of Sudan's war

The tiny, defiant Nile island caught in the heart of Sudan's war

For nearly two years, Al-Shubbak watched through ancient grey eyes as Tuti, the crescent-shaped island in the heart of the Sudanese capital she calls home, emptied of its inhabitants under a punishing paramilitary siege. She refused to leave. "I didn't even move for the English

UN Sudan chief says country 'abandoned' after three years of war

UN Sudan chief says country 'abandoned' after three years of war

The top United Nations official in Sudan told AFP on Thursday that the country, facing the world's largest humanitarian crisis, has been "abandoned" as the war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) enters its fourth year. "People shouldn't call

War-weary Sudanese celebrate as Ramadan returns to Khartoum

War-weary Sudanese celebrate as Ramadan returns to Khartoum

A familiar scene returned to Khartoum as men gathered in the streets of the war-scarred Sudanese capital to break their fast on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. It was here that fighting first erupted in April 2023 between the army and the paramilitary Rapid

Sudan's historic acacia forest devastated as war fuels logging

Sudan's historic acacia forest devastated as war fuels logging

Vast stretches of a once-verdant acacia forest south of Sudan's capital Khartoum have been reduced to little more than fields of stumps as nearly three years of conflict have fuelled deforestation. What was once a 1,500-hectare natural reserve has been "completely wiped out"