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In the days after war erupted in Khartoum, Dr Abeer Abdullah rushed between rooms at Sudan's largest orphanage, trying to care for hundreds of babies and toddlers as the fighting kept all but a handful of staff away.
At least 50 children — two dozen of them babies — have died at the orphanage in the six weeks since the war broke out in mid-April, says doctor
War erupted in Khartoum on April 15 between army chief and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF)
Orphan-turned-carer says the scene of dead babies has been 'terrifying'
Officially called The Orphan's Care Centre, Mygoma, the orphanage is housed in a three-storey building in central Khartoum. It is close to the fighting.