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The view from Sudan's capital, which has seen days of nonstop urban warfare

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Published April 17, 2023 at 5:52 PM EDT

Marwan Ali/AP — Smoke rises from a central neighborhood of Khartoum, Sudan on Sunday. The Sudanese military and a powerful paramilitary group are battling for control of the chaos-stricken nation.

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The citizens of Sudan's capital city Khartoum are trapped inside their homes, hiding from violence that has turned their streets into a war zone, as rival generals fight for power.

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