Over 55,000 displaced Sudanese return to southeastern state: IOM

People gather to greet Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, along a street in Port Sudan, on January 14, 2025. Sudan's army denied on January 14 any involvement in assaults against civilians in the central state of Al-Jazira, after pro-democracy lawyers accused them and allied militias of killing 13 people, including two children. [AFP]

Over 55,000 internally displaced Sudanese have returned to areas across the southeastern state of Sennar, more than a month after the army recaptured the state capital from paramilitaries, the UN migration agency said Saturday.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said its field teams "monitored the return of an estimated 55,466 displaced persons to locations across Sennar state" between December 18 and January 10.