Sudanese return home to a capital unready to welcome them

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Over 2 million Sudanese have returned to Khartoum since army forces recaptured the city from paramilitary control amid civil war. However, basic services remain disrupted and damaged infrastructure complicates resettlement efforts, forcing many to return out of necessity rather than choice.

By El Tayeb Siddig KHARTOUM, July 10 (Reuters) - In the year since the Sudanese army recaptured the capital Khartoum from a paramilitary force that had seized it at the outset of civil war in 2023, more than 2 million of the 5 millionpeople who fled their homes in the city have returned. But although the authorities promised a quick restoration of normal life after their military victory, power is still mostly out, buildings remain damaged and workers are going unpaid. Some say they have come back only as a last resort, fleeing a crackdown on refugees in neighbouring Egypt.