Sudan: Volunteers plant trees to make Khartoum greener amid reconstruction

As reconstruction is underway in Sudan’s capital, a grassroots initiative is using the opportunity to turn Khartoum into a greener city.

Volunteers are working to plant 1,000 trees around Khartoum in the hopes of restoring its pre-war glory.

“The initiative began with questions like, ‘Why don’t we have fruit trees in Sudan? Why aren’t these trees in our streets and neighborhoods?’ These questions were presented as an initiative on…