26/7/2025–|Last update: 05:41 (Mecca time)
The United Nations announced that more than 1.3 million Sudanese were displaced by the war, including one million displaced internally, have returned to their homes, and called for support to them.
However, although the fighting stopped in the areas that the displaced and refugees began to return to, the circumstances are still risky, according to a statement issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Development Program.
“There is more and more displaced internally who decided to return to their homes,” said Mamadou Diane Baldi.
He added in statements made by Nairobi, on Friday, that “a million displaced internally have returned to their homes,” the last months. He pointed out that the refugees and the displaced are returning to their homes without carrying anything with them.
Over 1.3 million displaced Sudanese are returning home—despite ongoing conflict.
Many are heading back to Khartoum, Sennar and Al Jazirah, where two years of war have left devastation in their wake. pic.twitter.com/JqygB0RUun
— UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (@Refugees) July 25, 2025
The return began late in 2024, but the majority of the 320,000 people have returned since January 2025.
Most of the returnees went to the states of Khartoum, Sennar and the island that is severely affected by more than two years of war, according to the United Nations agencies.
“The largest flows started at the beginning of the year, but the flows to Khartoum gradually began since March,” said Othman Blbissi, the regional director of the International Organization for Migration, from Port Sudan.
The battles between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces since April 2023 have killed tens of thousands and the displacement of millions, causing a crisis that the United Nations described as “the most destructive in the world.”
The United Nations expects about 2.1 million people to return to Khartoum by the end of the year. “This depends on many factors, most notably the security situation and the ability to resume services in a timely manner.”
There are still 10 million internally displaced people in Sudan, including 7.7 million who were forced to flee their homes due to the current conflict.
30 killed in Kordofan
Meanwhile, the “Emergency Lawyers” group reported, on Friday, the killing of at least 30 civilians in two rapid support forces attacks on Wednesday and Thursday, targeting the village of Braima Rashid, north of the city of Nahoud, which is controlled by the Rapid Support Forces in West Kordofan State.
The attack resulted in the killing of 3 civilians on the first day and 27 on the second day, according to the group in a statement, noting that the dead were women and children.
And considered that the “random killing and direct targeting of civilians committed by the forces represented a flagrant violation of the rules of international law.”
The Rapid Support Forces killed more than 30 civilians during two attacks on the village of Braima Rashid on July 23 and 24, and continued their attacks on Al -Nuhud and wide villages in West Kordofan. She stormed hospitals and assaulted patients and civilians.
We hold it full responsibility and demand protection and accountability #KeepEyesOnSudan #West Kordofan pic.twitter.com/a8pv4DiJ8P— Emergency Lawyers (@EmergncyLawyers) July 25, 2025
The group pointed out that separate clashes also occurred in the village of Braima Rashid, a major transit point that the army used to send reinforcements to the west of the country.
Violence erupted in the city of Al -Nahoud in recent days, according to “emergency lawyers” with reports of the killing of dozens of civilians and the exposure of residential areas to attacks in the city and its surroundings.
The group also said that the Rapid Support Forces “stormed Al -Bashir Hospital, the Educational Hospital and the Dr. Suleiman Medical Center in the city of Al -Nahoud,” considering that the attack is “a fatal violation of the sanctity of medical facilities.” And she added that “everyone who refused to leave was beaten and arrested.”
There was no comment from the Rapid Support Forces on these accusations. Human rights groups and international officials have documented mass killings, ethnic cleansing and other atrocities, especially in the Davor and Kordofan regions in western Sudan.
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