Khartoum Catches Its Breath After the War: Life Returns to the Streets Despite the Scars of Destruction
More than two years after war broke out in Sudan, the capital Khartoum is trying to recover the rhythms of everyday life.
Photo: Faiz abubakrKhartoum, Sudan – May 18, 2025
More than two years after war broke out in Sudan, the capital Khartoum is trying to recover the rhythms of everyday life. Traffic is returning to some of its streets, public transport has resumed its routes between neighbourhoods, and children's laughter rises again along the banks of the Nile — scenes that reflect residents' determination to hold on to life despite the scars of the conflict.
Signs of life return to the streets of Khartoum, as children play along the banks of the Nile and public transport resumes between neighbourhoods amid the destruction left by the war, May 18, 2025.Photo: Faiz abubakr
Told byFaiz abubakr
