A picture taken from Omdurman shows smoke billowing in the distance in Khartoum North amid ongoing fighting in war-torn Sudan, on July 18, 2023. Khartoum North has become a shell of its former self -- a ghost town with no water or electricity, most of its residents escaped south to Wad Madani, or north to Egypt
Rockets pummelled the Sudanese capital Thursday, witnesses said, as paramilitaries attacked a key air force base north of the capital claiming to have killed and wounded "dozens" of soldiers.