Ransacked and looted: Sky reporter returns to family home left in ruins after war in Sudan

29 April 2025, 15:07 | Updated: 1 May 2025, 03:06

The biggest city in the Sahel has been ransacked and left in ruins.

War erupted in Sudan's capital Khartoum in April 2023 and sent millions searching for safety.

The city was quickly captured by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) after a power struggle with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) for total control.

At least 61,000 people were killed from the fighting and siege conditions in Khartoum state alone.

Thousands more were maimed and many remain missing.

The RSF fled Khartoum's neighbourhoods in caravans carrying the city's looted treasures as the army closed in and recaptured it after two years of occupation.