Khartoum

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[ kahr-toom ]

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noun

a city in and the capital of the Sudan, at the junction of the White and Blue Nile rivers: besieged 1885; retaken by the British 1898.

Khartoum

/ ��ɑːˈ�ٳ�ː�� /

noun

the capital of the Sudan, at the junction of the Blue and the White Nile: with adjoining Khartoum North and Omdurman, the largest conurbation in the country; destroyed by the Mahdists in 1885 when General Gordon was killed; seat of the Anglo-Egyptian government of the Sudan until 1954, then capital of the new republic. Pop: 4 495 000 (2005 est)

Khartoum

Capital of Sudan , a port at the juncture of the two upper portions of the Nile River — the Blue Nile and White Nile.

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Senior officials say tens of thousands of artefacts were either destroyed or shipped off to be sold during the time the RSF was in control of central Khartoum, where the museum is situated.

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When the devastating war in Sudan reached Sarah Williams' neighbourhood in the capital Khartoum, she and her children were caught in the crossfire.

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Its seizure would be strategically significant for the RSF, which last month lost control of Sudan's capital, Khartoum.

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"From the start of the conflict in Khartoum, we pushed for peace and proposed well-known initiatives to prevent violence in our socially fragile state," he added.

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Once the commercial heart and seat of Sudan's government, Khartoum is now a burnt-out shell.

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Kharkov Khartoum North

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