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Khartoum slowly comes back to life, one year after recapture by military

Three years into the war and a year after Khartoum was taken over by the Sudanese army, the battered heart of the capital city remains quiet.

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00:00Sudan's capital Khartoum, three years into the war.
00:04The city was retaken by the Sudanese army last year, but its battered heart remains a ghost town.
00:12The Sudanese army and the paramilitary rapid support forces had some of their fiercest battles in the capital.
00:19The Corinthia Hotel, once one of the city's largest, is just a shell, scarred by years of conflict.
00:27The military's capture of Khartoum has allowed some four million people to return to their homes, according to the UN
00:35Migration Agency.
00:37But they're struggling with a lack of infrastructure and basic services, although water and electricity are slowly restarting.
00:47The few signs of life come from workers facing the daunting task of clearing the rubble.
00:53Rebuilding the city will take time and billions of dollars.
00:59This amusement park stands in stark contrast to the damaged buildings surrounding it.
01:05But it's a sign of hope for life to return to normal, even as outside the capital, the war rages
01:14on.
01:14Yay!
01:16The spacetime's
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