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Over 5.1 Million Return to Sudan as 8.6 Million Remain Displaced, IOM Says

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Geneva, Sept. 21 (SANA) More than 5.1 million people have returned to their areas of origin in Sudan, but 8.6 million remain displaced as damaged infrastructure, strained public services and continuing insecurity threaten the sustainability of returns, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Monday. New data from IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) recorded 5,145,165 returnees across 76 localities in nine states, up 4% fr…

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More than five million people have returned to their places of origin in Sudan, most of them since...

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More than 5.1 million people have returned to their homes in Sudan, although the war between the army and the paramilitaries of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continues to intensify, the UN said today.

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More than three years after the outbreak of the war, the displacement scene in the Sudan has begun to take a new direction; millions of Sudanese who fled their areas during the fighting have begun to return to their homes, but the International Organization for Migration (IOM) warns that return does not necessarily mean the end of the crisis.

Geneva, 21 September 2026 The United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM) revealed that 5.1 million Sudanese have returned to their homes, amid fears of being displaced again by the lack of services in areas of return. Although return was linked to the availability of security after the army regained control of Khartoum, Al-Jazeera, Sanaar, and parts of northern Kordofan, the lack of employment opportunities, the destruction of…

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UN News broke the news in New York, United States on Monday, September 21, 2026.
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