Roundup: Sudan's capital hosts youth sports festival in rare attempt at public life amid civil war
KHARTOUM, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Khartoum on Thursday launched the Khartoum Youth Sports Festival under the slogan "Together We Make Life," marking Sudan's 70th independence anniversary and offering a rare glimpse of public life nearly three years into the country's civil war.
The festival reflects the capital's gradual restoration, representing the first nationwide, large-scale event since fighting erupted in mid-A