Sudan Government Returns To Khartoum After Nearly Two Years Of War

Sudan’s government has officially returned to Khartoum after nearly two years of civil war, as the country crossed the symbolic milestone of 1,000 days of conflict.

“We are back today,” Prime Minister Kamel Idris declared on Sunday, announcing what he described as the return of a “government of hope” to Sudan’s national capital.

The government fled Khartoum for Port Sudan in April 2023 after the city fell to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Over almost two years of heavy fighting, troops loyal to army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane gradually retook the capital, neighbourhood by neighbourhood, before declaring its “liberation” in March 2025.

Appointed prime minister two months later, Idris has pledged to restore public services, including rebuilding hospitals, schools, water systems, electricity supply, and sanitation networks, in an effort to revive a city left devastated by war.

More than one million people have already returned to Khartoum, according to authorities.

However, the United Nations has warned that the conflict is far from over, with ongoing fighting continuing between army forces and the RSF in the Kordofan region.

Faridah Abdulkadiri