From the crowded northwestern market spilling over with returnees, vendors and soldiers, to the barren stalls of central Omdurman still devastated by brutal battles, people here are praying for news of a military victory after almost two years of war.
Its grass-roots support here is born out of sheer necessity - a need to release Sudan's cities from a deadly occupation by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) - the militia that was once trained and armed by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) is fighting it for absolute control.
"We have seen heads cut off bodies," emergency response room (ERR) volunteer Momen Wad Zeinab tells us in the backyard of one of the few functioning hospitals, Al Nao hospital in Omdurman.
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Two weeks later, the streets of Sabreen market are heaving with people who have to make a living despite the risk, civilians and soldiers merging into a river of people.
