Sudan to Resume Government Operations in Khartoum by October

By Simon Deng
Sudan’s ambassador to South Sudan, Issam Karar, announced on Wednesday that the Sudanese government, under the leadership of new Prime Minister Kamal Iddris, has resolved to return its operations to Khartoum in October this year.

Karar described the first cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Kamel Idris, as a significant step towards the return of state institutions to the capital, Khartoum, despite ongoing efforts to improve security.

“There is coordination between the Sudan Sovereign Council and the Prime Minister to visit Khartoum to assess the damage to the ministries and other institutions and to renovate the damaged infrastructure. The government is set to start operations in Khartoum in October this year,” said Karar at a press conference.

“The security situation has returned to normalcy in areas liberated by the Sudan Armed Forces. Many internally displaced persons and refugees have returned to their areas of origin, and the government is providing for the needs of the citizens, including water and electricity in their areas of residence,” he added.

In June 2025, Kamel Idris was sworn in as the new Prime Minister before Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, the chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council and commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).

In July, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) formed a parallel government in Sudan, raising concerns about further division in a country already torn by more than two years of civil conflict.

Karar revealed that the economic situation in Sudan is improving following the resumption of oil flow through Port Sudan, adding that the Sudan Armed Forces is providing security in the areas under its control.

“The oil is flowing, and that has contributed to improving the economy in Sudan and South Sudan. The government has directed the Ministry of Agriculture to devise a strategy to enhance food production. A commission has also been formed to combat the smuggling of gold outside the country and to export gold for the benefit of the people of Sudan,” he said.

Since the outbreak of the civil war in April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the Sudanese government largely relocated its operations to Port Sudan, on the Red Sea coast. This relocation came after the SAF lost control of Khartoum — the national capital — to the RSF