Sudan Tuti Island is recovering from nearly two years of paramilitary siege

The Rapid Support Forces besieged Tuti Island in the Nile at Khartoum's centre from June 2023 until March 2025, when the Sudanese Armed Forces recaptured the capital, forcing residents to pay tolls for food, medicine, and safe passage while an estimated 30,000 people fled. Since the army's recapture, many residents have returned to reopen shops and farms, though every family has lost someone and authorities warn the island remains mined.