New Year, new beginnings

Violent conflict has continued to devastate the northern African country since 2023, deepening the humanitarian crisis that has claimed nearly 30,000 lives and displaced more than 14 million — about onethird of Sudan's population — since the brutal clashes.

"We hope to come back to our houses safe and sound this year, for this war to end and just to be able to see home once more," Fatma Mohamed, a local resident, told AFP in Port Sudan.

Agencies contributed to this story.