A total of 392 Sudanese in Egypt were sent back to their country on 8 buses under a voluntary return program. The group, made up of teachers, students and families, departed from Cairo, Alexandria and Aswan.
Asim Hasan Ahmed, cultural counselor at Sudan’s Embassy in Cairo, said it was important for teachers, students and families to reach Sudan and take part in educational and academic activities in the country before the new academic year began.
Ahmed said university faculty members had also been sent to Sudan last week. He said the transfers aimed to support the return of education staff and students to the country.
Return operations from Egypt continue
Muntasir Osman Omar, executive secretary of the Voluntary Return Committee, announced that the operations would continue until the last Sudanese person wishing to leave Egypt reached the country.
Omar said they were attaching particular importance to this group because it would allow students to resume their education in Sudan on time.
On September 7, the committee sent 20 buses carrying 980 people from Cairo to Sudan. Under the program, 4,977 Sudanese were sent back to the country in six trips in August, while 6,074 were sent back in six trips in July.
Return to Sudan after the war
According to official estimates, more than 1.2 million Sudanese have crossed into Egypt since the war began in Sudan in April 2023. Approximately 5 million Sudanese were living in Egypt before the war.
Voluntary returns reached approximately 428,676 people by the end of 2025. Returns continued after Egyptian authorities launched special train services between Cairo and Aswan in October 2025 for those wishing to return to Sudan.
Tens of thousands of people have been killed and approximately 13 million displaced in the war between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces, according to estimates by the United Nations and international organizations.
