Roundup: Flower festival brings color back to Sudan's capital after years of war


KHARTOUM, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Khartoum this week hosted its first Flower Festival in nearly three years, a rare sign of recovery in a city scarred by war. The weeklong event is the largest horticulture and landscaping exhibition held in the capital since fighting erupted in April 2023.

More than 150 companies and producers from across Sudan are taking part, showcasing ornamental flowers, seedlings, fruit trees and landscape designs. Some plants are being displayed publicly for the first time, organizers said.

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