Sudanese lay first bricks to rebuild war-torn Khartoum

A worker shovels pebbles from a mound into a wheelbarrow near a heavily-damaged buildings at a site in the Lamab suburb on the southwestern outskirts of Sudan's capital Khartoum. [Photo by AFP]

On the streets of Sudan's capital Khartoum, builders clear rubble from houses pockmarked with bullet holes, haul away fallen trees and repair broken power lines, in the city's first reconstruction effort since war began over two years ago.

Fighting between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which broke out in April 2023, has left the capital battered and hollowed out.