A burnt-out armoured car fitted with an anti-aircraft gun rusts away inside what used to be the lobby of Khartoum’s wrecked Meridien hotel.
Khartoum hospital, a colonial-style building dating back to the British era, is out of action.
Tower blocks and government buildings across the Sudanese capital are blackened and burned.
Palace Road, in the historic heart of the city, was once one of Khartoum’s busiest thoroughfares.
Now it’s almost empty, no cars, and in places the loudest sound is birdsong.
