The view from Sudan's capital, which has seen days of nonstop urban warfare

By Emmanuel Akinwotu

Published April 17, 2023 at 5:52 PM EDT

Smoke rises from a central neighborhood of Khartoum, Sudan on Sunday. The Sudanese military and a powerful paramilitary group are battling for control of the chaos-stricken nation.

Emmanuel Akinwotu

Emmanuel Akinwotu is an international correspondent for NPR. He joined NPR in 2022 from The Guardian, where he was West Africa correspondent.

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