10 minutes agoShareSaveWedaeli ChibelushiShareSave<\/p>\n
Sudan's military-led government has returned to the country's capital after nearly three years of operating from its wartime base in the eastern city of Port Sudan.<\/p>\n
Sudan's Prime Minister Kamil Idris told reporters on Sunday that the "government of hope" was officially back in Khartoum and would begin efforts to improve services for the city's beleaguered residents.<\/p>\n
The military was forced out by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) when civil war erupted between the two sides in 2023. The army recaptured it in a significant breakthrough last March.<\/p>\n
Khartoum has been recovering from years of fighting. Roughly five million fled the city at the height of the conflict, according to the UN.<\/p>\n
Those unwilling or unable to leave described a brutal RSF occupation, which included mass looting and fighters taking over civilian homes.<\/p>\n
Huge swathes of the city lie in ruins<\/a>. In October, UN official Ugochi Daniels reported that basic services were "barely functioning".<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n On Sunday, Idris said the government would work on improving electricity, water, healthcare and education in Khartoum. <\/p>\n He also declared that 2026 would be a "year of peace" for Sudan, where at least 150,000 people have died since the war erupt.<\/p>\n The UN has described the situation as the world's worst humanitarian crisis and around 12 million people have been forced from their homes.<\/p>\n The war began after the head of the army, General Abdel Fattah-al Burhan fell out with his deputy and RSF leader General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo<\/a>, leading to a vicious struggle for power.<\/p>\n Both the RSF and the Sudanese military have been accused of committing atrocities throughout the conflict.<\/p>\n International efforts to broker peace have failed and both sides are backed by foreign powers who have poured weapons into the country.<\/p>\n The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has come under particular scrutiny recently over allegations of supporting the RSF<\/a>, which it strongly denies.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Go to BBCAfrica.com<\/a> for more news from the African continent.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Follow us on Twitter @BBCAfrica<\/a>, on Facebook at BBC Africa<\/a> or on Instagram at bbcafrica<\/a><\/p>\n BBC Africa podcasts<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a>Sudan<\/a>Khartoum<\/a>Africa<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sudan's government returns to capital after nearly 3 years of war10 minutes agoShareSaveWedaeli ChibelushiShareSaveReutersThe military's leader, Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, visited Khartoum&…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":7627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bbc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}A simple guide to what is happening in Sudan<\/h2>\n
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