CAIRO, Sept 18 — One of Sudan’s fundamental landmarks, a skyscraper that towered over the River Nile and housed the headquarters of a serious oil firm, has been lowered to a smouldering wreck amid heavy preventing between rival navy factions within the capital.
The Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company head workplace, a glass-sided tower topped with a coil of metallic, was constructed throughout an oil growth earlier than South Sudan declared independence in 2011, and was one among Sudan’s costliest constructions.
Flames and smoke rose from the constructing in a monetary district of Khartoum, near the confluence of the Blue and White Niles and to areas fought over by Sudan’s military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
It is unclear what precipitated the hearth that burned via the tower from Saturday. The RSF accused the military of concentrating on it together with different necessary buildings amid efforts to dislodge paramilitary fighters from positions they occupied throughout the capital early within the battle.
There was no instant remark from the military.
The war between the military and the RSF broke out in mid-April when tensions linked to an internationally-backed plan for a political transition boiled over, 4 years after long-time ruler Omar al-Bashir was overthrown throughout a well-liked rebellion.
The battle has precipitated widespread clashes, looting and shortages of meals and medication in Khartoum and different cities, driving greater than 5 million folks from their houses. — eNM
This image taken on September 17, 2023 exhibits a raging fireplace on the Greater Nile Petroleum Oil Company Tower in Khartoum. — eNM pic
