KHARTOUM: All that remains of Afaf Al-Tayeb’s home in Sudan’s Khartoum province is a charred, windowless structure with peeling paint – yet in June, she eagerly returned, feeling safe again for the first time since the Sudanese army said it retook the capital from the rival Rapid Support Forces. Al-Tayeb had been displaced with her son Mohamed Al-Khedr and their family at least four times since the civil war in the North African nation broke out over two years ago.

Builders and volunteers have begun repairing homes, schools and infrastructure in Khartoum, marking the Sudanese capital’s first reconstruction effort...

KHARTOUM: All that remains of Afaf Al-Tayeb’s home in Sudan’s Khartoum province is a charred, windowless structure with peeling paint – yet in June, she eagerly returned, feeling…