A month into eruption of Sudan's brutal war, no end in sight

Sudan smoke

Smoke billows in the distance in Khartoum amid ongoing fighting between the forces of two rival generals on May 15, 2023. PHOTO | AFP

One month since Sudan's conflict erupted, its capital is a desolate war zone where terrorised families huddle at home as gun battles rage, while the western Darfur region has descended into deadly chaos.

Residents of Khartoum have endured weeks of desperate food shortages, power blackouts, communications outages and runaway inflation.