Sudanese slowly rebuild their war-ravaged capital

Sudanese men repair an electric generator at a workshop in the industrial area of Port Sudan on December 19, 20025. [AFP]

A jungle of weeds fills the Sudanese finance ministry's courtyard in central Khartoum, where the army-backed government says it plans a gradual return after nearly three years of war.

Abandoned cars, shattered glass and broken furniture lie beneath vines climbing the red‑brick facades, built in the British colonial style that shaped the city's early 20th‑century layout.