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DTM Sudan Return Monitoring Snapshot: Sennar (001) | Publication Date: 17 January 2025 | Reporting Period: 18 December 2024 ā€“10 January 2025

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Between 18 December 2024 and 10 January 2025, DTM field teams monitored the return of an estimated 55,466 internally displaced persons (IDPs) to locations across Sennar state .

  • Of all IDPs in Sudan, an estimated 309,800 were originally displaced from locations across Sennar. Of these, approximately 18 per cent (55,466 IDPs) returned to locations across Sennar.
  • IDPs primarily moved back to Sennar from Gedaref (55%) and Kassala (20%), followed by Blue Nile (16%), Red Sea (6%), and White Nile (2%) states.
  • The majority of IDPs who moved back to Sennar (66%) were located in As Suki locality, followed by Ad Dinder locality (11%).

Note: IDPs who moved back to Sennar may not have returned to their locations of origin and may remain displaced within Sennar. DTM Sudan defines a returnee as someone who was previously displaced from their habitual residence in Sudan due to an event dating from 2003 onwards, who has now voluntarily returned to their location of habitual residence, irrespective of whether they have returned to their formal residence or to another shelter type.