A New York Times reporter and photographer were the first Western journalists to visit central Khartoum since the civil war broke out two years ago. The scale of how much has been lost was inescapable.

The military says it has seized several key buildings from the Rapid Support Forces, including state intelligence headquarters Sudan's military said on Saturday that it had seized several key buildings in central Khartoum from paramilitary control after army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan promised "full liberation" following the recapture of the

DUBAI : The Sudanese army seized full control of the presidential palace in Khartoum today, Sudan state TV and military sources said, in one of the most significant advances in a two-year-old conflict threatening to fracture the country.