350 more Sudanese return home from Egypt under voluntary repatriation program

Some 350 more Sudanese nationals have returned home from Egypt under a voluntary repatriation program, according to Sudan’s official news agency SUNA. The Al-Amal Committee for Voluntary Return, a community-led humanitarian initiative, said the returnees departed the northern Egyptian city of Alexandria on Sunday aboard seven buses. Sudan’s Consul General in Alexandria Abdel-Dayem Ali Al-Bashir saw off the returnees and said voluntary return journeys would continue until the last Sudanese national returns home. Ismat Ahmed Saeed, the committee’s representative in Alexandria, praised the Sudanese consulate’s role in implementing the repatriation program, expressing hope that coordination would continue for future trips. READ: Sudan’s Burhan chairs first security meeting after army gains in North Kordofan According to the committee, the new returnees brought [...]