Khartoum

American  

[kahr-toom] / kɑrˈtum /

Or Khartum

noun

1. a city in and the capital of the Sudan, at the junction of the White and Blue Nile rivers: besieged 1885; retaken by the British 1898.

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Khartoum British  

/ kɑːˈtuːm /

noun

1. the capital of the Sudan, at the junction of the Blue and the White Nile: with adjoining Khartoum North and Omdurman, the largest conurbation in the country; destroyed by the Mahdists in 1885 when General Gordon was killed; seat of the Anglo-Egyptian government of the Sudan until 1954, then capital of the new republic. Pop: 4 495 000 (2005 est)

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Khartoum Cultural  

1. Capital of Sudan, a port at the juncture of the two upper portions of the Nile River — the Blue Nile and White Nile.

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Khartoum

Fighting in Kordofan, a strategic area rich in gold and oil, has intensified over the last year after the army regained control of Khartoum from the RSF.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Sudanese visitors walk past examples of 10th century Christian art work at the national museum in the capital Khartoum on June 25, 2008.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Reports compiled by BBC Monitoring say the army continues to carry out security sweeps across greater Khartoum, targeting alleged RSF sleeper cells, undocumented foreigners and criminals involved in illegal activities.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

The bigtime journalist Tyler, it seems, is in Khartoum, awaiting an interview with a Sudanese prisoner of war, part of his research for a new book.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

We put down briefly in Khartoum, where we changed to an Ethiopian Airways flight to Addis.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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