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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Fatma Khaled

Sudanese return to their homeland, hoping for stability but finding it still wrecked by war

Egypt Sudan Returning Home - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Ahmed Abdalla sat on a sidewalk in downtown Cairo, waiting for a bus that will start him on his journey back to Sudan. He doesn't know what he'll find in his homeland, wrecked and still embroiled in a 2-year-old war.

His wife and son, who weren't going with him, sat next to him to bid him goodbye. Abdalla plans to go back for a year, then decide whether it’s safe to bring his family.

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