Khartoum measures the grave as the battle becomes furious and “too busy to sleep”

Sudanese troops appear to be poised to regain control of the capital, Hartzm, two years after being expelled from the city. The BBC was given rare access to surgery as the soldiers prepared to launch their latest attacks.

The people of Sudan have endured the brunt of a war that has caused massive deaths, destruction and human rights abuses that have driven civilians and the country into starvation.

In recent months, the forces have recaptured the pockets of the capital’s northern and eastern regions and central Khartoum.

The latest attack to expand its footing began a week ago.

We were taken to a meeting point in northern Khartoum in the middle of the night.

The army chanted and cried and screamed as it built momentum for the fight.

By morning the army had advanced. By the next evening, the RSF had broken through the main central zone held by the RSF, allowing the troops southwest of the city to join forces with the military headquarters in the north.

Reports say on Thursday the Army destroyed the RSF convoys in an attempt to withdraw south from the President’s Palace.

The footage clearly released by the military showed a massive fire and massive fire that could be caused by an explosion of ammunition transported by RSF fighter planes.

The strategically located Republican Palace complex is the official home of the president and has historical and symbolic importance in Sudan.

Undoubtedly, the one who is rooting for the military is Abidin Durma, famous for being the cemetery of Omdurman, a sister city of Khartoum, across the Nile, which is part of the capital, the Nile.

He is clearly a strong patriot, and regularly mentions what he calls “a war of dignity.”

But he also experiences high daily costs for civilians.

Durma’s ancestors were associated with Mahdi, the 19th century leader who founded the foundations and influential religious movements of the Sudan state.

They founded Ahmed Shalfi Cemetery, one of the oldest in Omdurman.

Now, for decades, Cemetery has been drawing vivid pictures of the scale of death.

Three sides were expanded on approximately 10 acres (4 hectares) in the row after the brown earth mound row.

The smell of death remains in the air above it.

Durma says he and the young volunteers are burying “25, 30 or more people per day.”

That’s because the cities are crowded with displaced people and the health system is overwhelmed by conflict as other graveyards are unsafe during the active battle at Omdurman.

However, artillery fires have killed many lives.

Durma showed us the mass graves for victims of school strikes.

One section of the fresh tomb holds the bodies of people killed in the fires of major markets in January. At least 120 people have died.

The RSF is said to be responsible and fired into the Army Control Area in Omdurman. But both sides are being accused of war crimes – the military has been accused of mass murders elsewhere.

The body comes straight from the hospital and calls a grave dig to let you know that preparations for burial are needed. The process is efficient and fast.

“We don’t have a (reliable) fridge so we’ll be buried right away,” Durma says.

“The cemetery is safe. The graves are ready. The bricks are ready. The people to be buried are ready inside the cemetery.”

“There’s no time to sleep until the last body is buried,” he adds.

“People die from bullets and die from artillery fire. People are killed by sitting at home. There are a lot of deaths.”

His phone rings again. Another body is ready for burial.

Prayers for the Dead became a regular ritual for Al Mabroka, a neighbourhood in the West Al Taura district of western Omdurman, located on the fire boundary between the Army and the RSF.

A group of friends gather around Abazaar Abdel Habib at a local mosque, expressing the meaning of sadness and lifting their hands as they recite Quran poems.

We met Abdel Habib at the hospital morgue the day before. They were fired while taking their son to kindergarten.

At the family home, a little girl, Omnia, woke up crying in pain.

She was in her mother’s arms when the shell hit her, and escaped with only her legs. Her survival is considered a miracle.

She is orphaned with three brothers.

“We’ll tell you exactly what happened about the artillery fire and the war,” says Abdel Habib, who embraces Omnia.

“They are future generations and we don’t allow this to affect the future. We try to make up for them with the affection of their mothers and fathers.

I joined a woman from the community who, like I did many times during this war, had been busy and mourning the deaths in nearby rooms.

Three other people were killed in artillery fire on the same day.

There’s nothing like normal life, they told me.

“When the fire begins, we are hiding under the bed,” says Ilham Abdel Rahman.

“We attacked our house and killed our neighbor girl on the stairs at our door.”

Hawaii Ahmed Saleh says if there is an early morning fire, “after that, go to the market to buy food.”

“If that doesn’t happen, we’re forced to sit down and wait until the fire comes, and after it stops, people gather what they need to live.

“Children are always in a state of fear,” she adds.

“We lose our children every day. Our students are unable to settle down, we don’t have any studies. There is always a state of fear. We are always in a state of sadness.”

If the Army regains full control of the capital, at least here the fire will cease.

However, the war continues elsewhere in the country, and the wounds will plague Sudan for years to come.