Sudan has faced its fair share of strife and peace over the decades

Some of residential buildings destroyed in Khartum as the Sudan Armed Forces intensified fighting with Rapid Support Forces. [Courtesy VOA]

Videos of plumes of black smoke billowing from Khartoum International Airport as aero planes were torched and amateur footage of fighter jets zooming across skies above blown up residential houses will probably be what crosses many people's mind in the next few weeks when they think about Sudan.

Injured locals and frightened children cowering in what remained of structures, as shelling continued, without tell a story of a city completely bereft of peace.