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Five million people are on the verge of starvation and 150,000 are dead, but the war rages on and the international community is frozen.

CAIRO (Reuters) - One of Sudan's main landmarks, a skyscraper that towered over the River Nile and housed the headquarters of a major oil company, has been reduced to a smouldering wreck amid heavy fighting between rival military factions in the capital.

One of Sudan's main landmarks, a skyscraper that towered over the River Nile and housed the headquarters of a major oil company, has been reduced to a smoldering wreck amid heavy fighting between rival military factions in the capital. The Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company head office, a glass-sided tower topped with a coil of metal, was built during an oil boom before South Sudan declared independence in 2011, and was one of Sudan's most costly constructions.

One of Sudan's main landmarks, a skyscraper that towered over the River Nile has been reduced to a smouldering wreck amid heavy fighting.

War between army and paramilitary began in April when tensions linked to internationally-backed plan for political transition boiled over