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With a population of 6,344,348, Khartoum's metropolitan area is the largest in Sudan. Khartoum is located at the confluence of the White Nile – flowing north from Lake Victoria – and the Blue Nile, flowing west from Lake Tana in Ethiopia.
Jun 21, 2024 · Khartoum is a city and the executive capital of Sudan, just south of the confluence of the Blue and White Nile rivers. It has bridge connections with its sister towns, Khartoum North and Omdurman, with which it forms Sudan’s largest conurbation. Learn more about Khartoum here.
Apr 11, 2024 · Tensions between the two military forces reached boiling point in Khartoum on April 15 last year, when both forces sent armoured vehicles into the streets and they opened fire on each other.
Jun 6, 2024 · The capital, Khartoum, has been transformed into a charred battleground of bullet-scarred buildings and bodies buried in shallow graves.
Dec 10, 2023 · Famine looms in Sudan as civil war survivors tell of killings and rapes. BBC teams report from the devastated capital and hear accounts of rapes and street executions from refugees. Africa. 10 Dec...
Divided by the Blue and White Niles, Khartoum is a tripartite metropolis consisting of Khartoum proper, and linked by bridges to Khartoum North called al-Khartūm Bahrī and Omdurman (Umm Durmān) to the west.
Khartoum or Khartum (/ k ɑːr ˈ t uː m / kar-TOOM; Arabic: الخرطوم, romanized: Al-Khurṭūm) is the capital city of Sudan. It is also Sudan's largest city. It is where the Blue Nile and main Nile come together. Its name means "elephant tusk". Two other cities nearby are Omdurman and Khartoum North.
