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The city saw extensive combat during the 2023 Sudan conflict between the armed forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), affecting Khartoum International Airport and other critical sites. [10] Khartoum is an economic and trade center in North Africa, with rail lines from Port Sudan and El-Obeid.
The Sudanese Republican Palace (Arabic: القصر الجمهوري, al-Qaṣr al-Jumhūriy) complex is the official residence of the president of Sudan, located in the capital city of Khartoum. It mainly consists of the Old Republican Palace built in 1830 and the New Republican Palace built in 2015.
The city was taken by the Mahdist troops in 1885, who destroyed the church and all missions in the country. The war ended in 1898 with the Battle of Omdurman, and missionary work recommenced the following year. When the British built the modern city of Khartoum as capital of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, a new cathedral was constructed.
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After the first period of Turkish-Egyptian rule (1821–1885), the Mahdist State (1885–1899) left important traces in Omdurman, one of the three major areas of greater Khartoum. The tomb of the Mahdi , the Khalifa House , Mahdist coins and specific types of dress, like the jibba coat worn by the Mahdi's followers, [ 27 ] bear witness to the ...
In the early 1900s, Khartoum, was rebuilt by the British administration under Lord Kitchener, following standards of a modern European city. In 2021, greater Khartoum is a metropolis with an estimated population of almost six million people, consisting of Khartoum proper, linked by bridges across the Blue and White Nile with the cities of ...
Omdurman, the second most populated city Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. Khartoum Bahri Port Sudan, the major seaport city Kassala Al-Fashir. Abekr; Abushneib; Abyei ...
The Acropole is the oldest hotel in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, since it was still established during the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium.. After Sudanese independence in 1956 the Greek-owned hotel weathered several regime changes and developed into a popular entry point and base for visiting journalists, humanitarians, diplomats, archaeologists and other researchers as well as overland travellers.