Overview
- The UN migration agency, which reported Tuesday that 3.99 million people have gone back, says most returns are to Khartoum and Al-Jazirah.
- People are finding homes, clinics, water lines, and power grids in ruins, which leaves basic care and clean water out of reach.
- IOM seeks $170 million for its 2026 plan but says the response is short by $97.2 million, with more than two million more people expected to head back to Khartoum this year.
- Farmers returning to Al-Jazirah report broken irrigation and looted equipment, which threatens planting and cuts food output when hunger is already severe.
- The war between the army and the RSF has displaced nearly 12 million people since April 2023, with about 4.5 million crossing borders and roughly nine million still uprooted inside Sudan.