Sudanese journalist returns to newsrooms decimated by war

KHARTOUM (Reuters) -When journalist Shamael Elnoor left Sudan at the outbreak of war in 2023, Sudanese newspapers were already suffering under an economic crisis and the worldwide shift to digital news.

Then the fighting brought presses to an immediate standstill – leaving busy newsrooms in Khartoum empty and ransacked.

“Since the first bullet was fired, all newspapers stopped,” said Elnoor, walking through a warehouse with old pre-war newspapers scattered around a printing press gathering…