"The flight from the eastern Red Sea city of Port Sudan brought 160 passengers, including the country's caretaker Prime Minister Kamil Idris, and was hailed as the symbolic return of the government. In April 2023, a power struggle over the integration of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, into the Sudanese Armed Forces, or SAF, escalated into war. The RSF managed to gain control of the capital, which prompted the army-backed government to relocate to Port Sudan some 700 kilometers (435 miles) from Khartoum."
"Since then, around 1.3 million people of 3 million who fled fighting in Khartoum in 2023 have returned to the capital, according to the International Organization of Migration, or IOM. After almost three years of war, Sudan's international airport has reopened in February 2026 "The Sudanese government has been trying very hard to promote a narrative that Khartoum is safe to return to," Hamid Khalafallah, an independent a Sudanese policy analyst, said."
An army-backed government led by General Abdel Fattah Burhan has sought to present normalcy in Khartoum, marked by the first scheduled flight in over two years from Port Sudan carrying 160 passengers including caretaker Prime Minister Kamil Idris. A power struggle in April 2023 over integration of the RSF into the SAF escalated into war, enabling the RSF to seize the capital and prompting government relocation to Port Sudan. By March 2025, the Sudanese Armed Forces largely regained control and the IOM reports about 1.3 million of 3 million displaced people have returned. Key services remain damaged and many areas are not cleared of mines, according to UNMAS.
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