Residents of Sudan’s scarred central city pay a heavy price with no end in sight to fighting

A neighborhood near the center of Sudan’s conflict has been a near-constant battleground for more than a year. Omdurman, which sits opposite the Nile River from the capital, Khartoum, is scarred, and some of its main streets are in ruins.

For months, access to the area has been difficult, and many of its residents have fled. The families who couldn’t leave have paid a heavy price in death, hunger, and deprivation.

Soad Hamed lost her…