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Factbox-Foreign states evacuate citizens from Sudan

Sudan's conflict between the army and a paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has prompted foreign countries to race to extract their diplomats and citizens.

Reuters

Stranded: Egyptian travel blogger trapped in Sudan conflict

A young blogger has been unable to leave Sudan since the outbreak of deadly fighting shut down Khartoum’s airport.

Al Jazeera

Governments race to rescue diplomats, citizens from Sudan

The U.S. military has airlifted embassy officials out of Sudan and international governments were racing to evacuate thousands of their diplomatic staff and citizens trapped in the capital

The Independent UK

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Sudan fighting in its ninth day: Here is a list of key events

Refugees flee to Chad, looters take UN aid trucks and several countries evacuate embassy staff during heavy fighting.

Al Jazeera

US, UK and France evacuate embassy personnel amid fighting in Sudan

US and British forces on Sunday evacuated embassy staff and their families from battle-torn Sudan where deadly fighting raged into a second week between forces loyal to two rival generals. France on Sunday also launched evacuation operations.

Radio France Internationale

Foreign states rush high-risk Sudan evacuation, some foreign citizens hurt

The armed forces of the United States and the United Kingdom have evacuated embassy staff from Sudan, while other nations rushed to get their citizens to safety as rival military factions battled in the capital Khartoum on Sunday.

Reuters

Egypt Calls on Its Nationals Outside Khartoum to Prepare for Evacuation

Egypt plans to evacuate its citizens from Sudan and has urged Egyptian nationals living there to prepare themselves for evacuation, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday. The Ministry called on Egyptians residing outside the capital Khartoum, to head to the nearest gathering point in preparation for…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Sudan doctors caught in fighting recount horrors at hospitals

Battles leave staff and patients trapped in hospitals for days as doctors try to treat wounded with few supplies.

Al Jazeera

Siddiq Haftar to Asharq Al-Awsat: My Visit to Khartoum Is Not Political

Siddiq Haftar, the eldest son of Marshal Khalifa Haftar, commander-in-chief of the Libyan National Army, confirmed that his visit to Sudan, where he met with the deputy head of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council and leader of the Rapid Support Forces, Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, was “not of a political nature.” Speaking…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Libyan warlord could plunge Sudan into a drawn-out ‘nightmare’ conflict

As Khalifa Haftar’s influence emerges, analysts warn the area could be a battleground for multiple players

The Guardian - UK

Sudan: US evacuates embassy staff and families, France launches rescue for ‘Europeans and allies’

Joe Biden says US has retrieved personnel from Khartoum as fighting continues between rival armed groups

The Guardian - UK

US, UK and France evacuate embassy personnel amid ongoing fighting in Sudan

US troops swooped in on helicopters to evacuate embassy staff from Sudan's battle-torn capital, President Joe Biden announced Sunday, as other nations sought to help their citizens escape deadly fighting between rival generals.

France 24

US evacuated under 100 people from embassy in Sudan amid fighting

All U.S. government personnel were evacuated from Washington's embassy in Khartoum, as well as a small number of diplomatic personnel from other countries, U.S. officials said on Saturday, as fighting rocks Sudan.

Reuters

Special Forces Rescue US Embassy Staffers in Warring Sudan

US special operations forces carried out a precarious evacuation of the American embassy violence-torn Sudan, US officials said late Saturday, sweeping in and out of the capital, Khartoum, with helicopters on the ground for less than an hour. No shots were fired and no major casualties were reported. With the…

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The National (Scotland)

David Pratt: Battle of the Sudanese generals resonates far and wide

Already the fighting has killed hundreds and tipped Africa’s third-largest country – where around a quarter of people already rely on food…

The New Daily

US forces evacuate American diplomats from the bloody chaos of Khartoum’s urban war

The US military has evacuated American diplomats and their families from Sudan as fighting between rival commanders intensifies

Al Jazeera

Biden confirms US embassy staff, families evacuated from Sudan

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said that it had coordinated the evacuation with US forces on Sunday.

The Guardian - AU

‘It’s like reliving the trauma’: sleepless and terrified, Sudanese Australians watch conflict rage in their homeland

Connected to family in Khartoum by shaky phone lines, the diaspora community feels desperate and helpless as fighting intensifies

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The Independent UK

Sudan to be evacuated of British embassy staff ‘as soon as feasible’

A UK Government source said British officials would be assisted to leave due to the attacks on diplomatic missions during internal fighting.

Daily Mirror

Special forces on standby to evacuate Brits trapped in Sudan as civil war rages on

As many as 120 SAS and a company of paratroopers are reportedly ready to extract UK citizens and embassy staff from the increasingly unstable north-african country

Evening Standard

UK nationals to be evacuated from Sudan war zone after army guarantees safe passage

Brits have been appealing for help from the government to escape the war torn country

Al Jazeera

Foreign states begin Sudan evacuations as fighting rages

Some foreign nationals have begun evacuating from Sudan, as army uses air raids against RSF during battles in Khartoum.

Tribune News Service

Foreigners trapped in Sudan conflict to be evacuated, army says

Sudan’s army said it will facilitate the evacuation of foreigners trapped in the country since an internal conflict erupted last weekend but diplomats played down suggestions that departures were imminent.

Al Jazeera

Sudan ‘resistance’ activists mobilise as crisis escalates

Groups of activists around Sudan have set up networks of medics, nurses and engineers to respond to citizens’ needs.

WEKU

His mom — a doctor and 'a true angel' — died when mortar struck her home in Sudan

Nagwa Khalid Hamad, 66, was one of at least 400 killed since conflict erupted last Saturday. Her son spoke to NPR about her death and life — and what she meant to him, to family and to her patients.

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