Millions of desperate Sudanese return home amid dire conditions as war rages IOM Deputy Director General Sung Ah Lee said that returns were concentrated mainly in the capital Khartoum and neighbouring Al Jazirah state, where she was speaking to reporters. “I was in Khartoum yesterday and I saw large numbers of people are returning to areas where homes and critical infrastructure including water, health, electricity, have been heavily damaged ,” she said. Running out of options Going home despite the harsh reality there reflects the determination of the displaced and the difficult circumstances pushing them to return, Ms. Lee explained. IOM indicates that more than two million additional people are expected to return to Khartoum alone in 2026. “ Many are returning because they believe security has improved ,” she said, while for others, life in displacement has become unbearable , notably owing to economic pressures and increasingly hard conditions in neighbouring countries.…