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The rise and fall of Khartoum: the city that symbolizes Sudan's hope

Khartoum could have been conceptualised as a city of hope and opportunity.

Khartoum could have been conceptualised as a city of hope and opportunity. Image: Pexels/David Peinado

Amira Osman
Professor of Architecture and SARChI: DST/NRF/SACN Research Chair in Spatial Transformation (Positive Change in the Built Environment), Tshwane University of Technology
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