Sudan PM announces govt return to Khartoum from wartime capital

A view from central Khartoum, Sudan shows damage to government ministries, state institutions, and major public and private sector companies after 23 months of intense fighting, on July 14, 2025. [AFP]

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.