The headquarters of the oil company and buildings of government agencies have been destroyed.
An 18-storey landmark office building in the centre of Sudan’s capital has been engulfed by fire as fighting between the military and a rival paramilitary force enters its sixth month.
The Greater Nile Petroleum Oil Company Tower in the centre of Khartoum, Sudan, on fire on September 19.Online footage of the blaze showed clouds of dark smoke rising from the burnt-out glass-paneled tower, one of the tallest buildings in the Sudanese capital. “The landmark project defines the skyline of Khartoum,” she posted along with some photos of the building before the fire.
Sudan has been rocked by violence since mid-April, when tensions between the country’s military, led by General Abdel Fattah Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, commanded by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, burst into open fighting.The conflict has reduced Khartoum to an urban war zone.
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