Homes and businesses have been ransacked as law and order breaks down in Sudan's capital.
From high-heeled shoes to TV sets, designer clothes to fava beans - goods looted from homes and businesses in wealthier parts of Sudan's war-hit capital are now flaunted in some of its poorest neighbourhoods.
The ill-gotten wealth is on display in parts of Ombada and al-Thawra - poor neighbourhoods that the well-heeled of Khartoum were always hesitant to enter, partly out of fear of the armed gangs that operate there. Their homes used to be built of mud, wood and pieces of cloth, before being demolished by then-President Omar al-Bashir's regime in the 1990s - and again in the early 2000s - as they were regarded as "irregular" buildings.Education levels in these areas remain low - for instance, Ombada 19 district has only two schools, with each class having an average of 100 pupils. Most children drop out and are unable to read or write in Arabic, Sudan's official language.
A digital TV, which normally sells for 150,000 Sudanese pounds , can be picked up for a bargain -10,000 Sudanese pounds.
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