Omdurman in a sentence

Abdallah lives with her seven children in Omdurman, one of the three cities that makes up Sudan's wider capital and has seen frequent fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

A doctor at the Omdurman Teaching Hospital said on April 19 that the hospital had been without water for two days, which affected its critical functions, including the ability to perform surgery.

A second shows an SAF MiG-29 dropping two bombs north of Omdurman.

Fighting raged in Khartoum and Omdurman, a city across the Nile River, residents said, despite a hoped-for cease-fire to coincide with the three-day Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.

In a change to the norm in Sudan, the fighting has been particularly fierce in Khartoum and Omdurman, which have historically avoided the bloodshed inflicted by state actors.

Khartoum / Omdurman / Khartoum North — Battles continued in Sudan between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) this weekend, despite the two parties signing a declaration of principles in the Saudi city of Jeddah on Thursday.

The fighting, now in its third week, has turned Khartoum and the neighbouring city of Omdurman into a battlefield.

The RSF accused the Army of violating it with air strikes on its bases in Omdurman, Khartoum's sister city at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile rivers, and Mount Awliya.

According to reports of Sudanese on social media, the extremely dire humanitarian situation in the central and southern parts of Omdurman has led to people starving to death in the past weeks.

Artillery strikes by the Rapid Support Forces have also targeted areas in the neighbourhoods of Karari locality in Omdurman, El Waha neighbourhood, and El Fasher.

On Saturday, the paramilitary force published a of its fighters in the key areas of Omdurman around the national radio and TV buildings.

Sudanese military personnel stand guard in the basement of a building that had been used as an arms depot by Rapid Support Forces fighters in Omdurman, Sudan, on April 25, 2024.

The Omdurman-based club currently has about 10 foreign players on their roster.

We could also leave for Wad Madani, the capital of El Gezira, some 200 kilometres south of Omdurman, to join the rest of the family.

A group of gunmen stole SDG 27,500 ($500) from passengers of a commercial vehicle that was on its way from Nierteti to Omdurman on Saturday.

For Mr. Ahmed, the scheme provided a way for him to open up a general store in Omdurman market, near Khartoum.

Ghana will play Sudan on March 27 in Cape Coast before the second leg in Omdurman three days later.

Per this initiative, Asante Kotoko, who have qualified for the Caf Confederation Cup group stage will be the first beneficiaries ahead of their game against Al Hilal Omdurman in Sudan on Sunday.

Security forces fired tear gas at about 400 protesters at Omdurman Grand Market, in Khartoum's twin city across the Nile, witnesses said.

Sudan’s last elected prime minister, opposition Umma party leader, Sadiq al-Mahdi, who was overthrown by al-Bashir in a military coup in 1989, was expected to address supporters after prayers at one of Omdurman’s most revered mosques.