Sudan PM announces govt return to Khartoum from wartime capital

Khartoum: Sudan s Prime Minister Kamil Idris announced on Sunday the government s return to Khartoum, after nearly three years of operating from its w...

Khartoum: Sudan's Prime Minister Kamil Idris announced on Sunday the government's return to Khartoum, after nearly three years of operating from its wartime capital of Port Sudan.

In the early days of the regular military's war with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in April 2023, the army-aligned government fled the capital, which was quickly overrun by rival troops.

It has pursued a gradual return to Khartoum since the army recaptured the city last March.

"Today, we return, and the Government of Hope returns to the national capital," Idris told reporters in Khartoum, promising "better services" for residents.

For close to two years, the Sudanese capital -- composed of the three cities of Khartoum, Omdurman and Khartoum North (Bahri) -- was an active battlefield.