EL FASHER, Sudan // Tucked between palm trees and verdant lawns in the centre of Darfur’s El Fasher, the palace of the Sudanese region’s last sultan has become a focus of pride, 100 years after his death.
Silver swords, antique rifles, richly coloured robes and the throne from which autocrat Sultan Ali Dinar ruled Darfur’s vast expanses between 1891 and 1916 line the walls of the palace museum.
Marginalised and underdeveloped since Dinar’s fall, the we… (View original article)