Reportage: Back to Khartoum, the destroyed capital of Sudan

More than two years after the outbreak of Sudan's devastating civil war, residents are returning to the war-torn city of Khartoum. The paramilitary RSF has been driven out, yet the capital seems poised to be drawn back into the war at any moment.

Read our report from Khartoum (after years of trying, we finally received permission to work in Sudan) in today's print edition of de Volkskrant. Or click here for the extended online version, with additional photos and videos:

https://www.volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v/2025/soedan-khartoem-burgeroorlog-rsf~v2098304/

How one picture changed Mohamed Yousifs life - new work for Trouw

Japanese AFP photographer Yasuyoshi Chiba won the World Press Photo exactly two years ago, with a picture from Sudan depicting Mohamed, who was reciting a poem on a dark soccer pitch in Khartoum. The photo has brought Mohamed a lot: he’s now studying in Maastricht and hopes to one day become president of Sudan.

For Trouw, I made a reconstruction about how Mohameds life was turned upside down because of Chiba’s iconic photograph. Click on this link to read the piece (in Dutch).

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