Khartoum Africa

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Larger Khartoum is the second largest city of Muslim North Africa. But apart from the colonial downtown, there is very little here differentiating it from villages around the country. Low scale one-storied houses stretch out for miles in all direction, out from the river junction that has given the capital its name. Things don't work all that good in Khartoum anymore. This place was some decades ago, a vibrant place where many things happened, and foreigners visiting it, were attracted by its mixture of the exotic, the pleasant, and the easygoing attitude. The system and the peoples of Khartoum now seem to be put under some sedative. Offices shut down just as you're about to enter. Slow-moving men sit in front of museums, and from the few answers you get from them, this person could be the manager, just as well as the guard