Mohanad Hashim

The government estimates that the cost of reconstruction for Khartoum alone is more than $100 billion.

Some losses, though, are immeasurable.

Jamaluddin Zain al-Abdin works for Sudan's antiquities authority.

He was the first to enter Sudan's National Museum, home to priceless collections, dating back thousands of years to the kingdoms of Kush and Karmah and the time of the pharaohs.

Officials say thousands of artefacts were either destroyed or shipped off to be sold while the RSF controlled Khartoum.

In recent months, Sudanese police working with international authorities like UNESCO say they have recovered some 500 looted items.

But Jamal says a lot has been lost.

We've lost part of our identity, part of our civilization.

I am Mohamed Hashim, on assignment in Khartoum.

It's not only the museums that were looted.

For this was one of Africa's great capitals.

And before the RSF left, they stripped much of the city bare.

Anything deemed to be of value was taken.

Not just furniture, appliances and belongings, but wall sockets, electrical wiring, even pipes, taps and sinks.

The cost of repair and replacing is beyond most Sudanese.

There's no insurance for this, and despite ongoing work, large parts of the city are still without running water or electricity.

So, many once thriving areas remain largely deserted, with creeper plants slowly enveloping abandoned homes.

This is my old childhood neighborhood.

The streets appear to be empty.

All the cables have been pulled out of the ground, and house after house...