Description & Facts: A lot has changed in the short years at khartoum. The city has become awash with oil money and new developments spring up every time.Khartoum is definitely open to visitors again. Here you can shop in Arab souqs in the morning, watch traditional African wrestling in the afternoon, finish off with a stroll along the Nile and the next day take a trip to Meroe, where you'll have a desert full of pyramids to yourself, without a camel-riding tout or souvenir seller in sight.