Displaced Sudanese stream home from Egypt after army retakes Khartoum


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  • Tuesday, 29 Jul 2025

A Sudanese mother reacts next to her luggage as families displaced by conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) crowd at Cairo's main station to board a free train with a voluntary return coordinated by the Egyptian government to Aswan, where buses will take them back to their homes in Khartoum, in Cairo Egypt, July 28, 2025. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

CAIRO (Reuters) -Toting large suitcases and bags of belongings, the Sudanese families crowding into Cairo's main railway station hoped to be returning to relative stability after fleeing Sudan's civil war.

They are among thousands of displaced Sudanese streaming back home from Egypt into territory retaken by the Sudanese armed forces from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary in Khartoum and its environs since the start of this year.

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