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 dust.

A prominent freelance journalist known for her coverage of politics and the troubled Darfur region, Elnoor returning to Sudan's capital this year after the army regained control.

"Sudanese press institutions, especially print newspapers stopped completely and........

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