Alexandria: 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, reported that the returnees departed the northern Egyptian city of Alexandria on Sunday aboard seven buses.

According to Anadolu Agency, Sudan's Consul General in Alexandria, Abdel-Dayem Ali Al-Bashir, saw off the returnees and stated that 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 and expressed hope for continued coordination for future trips.

The committee mentioned that the new returnees bring the total number of Sudanese who have returned from Egypt since last month to nearly 5,500 people. Since the war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) broke out in April 2023, over 1.2 million Sudanese have fled to Egypt, according to official estimates. Prior to the conflict, about 5 million Sudanese were already residing in Egypt, making it one of the primary destinations for those escaping the fighting.

By the end of 2025, approximately 428,676 people had voluntarily returned to Sudan, based on figures previously announced by the Sudanese authorities. The ongoing conflict between the Sudanese army and RSF over disputes about integrating the paramilitary force into the military has resulted in one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, killing tens of thousands and displacing about 13 million people.