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Nearly 1,500 Sudanese refugees begin voluntary return to South Darfur

Sudanese refugees begin voluntary journey back home. [Photo: Courtesy]

At least 1,500 Sudanese refugees began to return voluntarily to their home village in Dafaq, South Darfur State, after a decade of displacement. The United Nations High Commissions for Refugees (UNHCR) announced onTuesday.

"Today (Tuesday), the first 45 Sudanese refugees touched down in Nyala airport," said the UNHCR in a statement.

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