The Latest Breaking News from Khartoum

Hundreds of foreign nationals have been safely evacuated from Sudan where continued fighting threatens to plunge the African country deeper into chaos

The armed forces have acted swiftly and skilfully in undertaking a rescue operation to evacuate UK diplomatic staff and their families from Sudan. But British nationals in the capital, Khartoum, say they feel “abandoned”, after being advised by the Government to remain indoors and await further information.

Earlier this month, chaos broke out as the Sudanese army and rebel Rapid Support Forces clashed with heavy bombing and gunfights breaking out in Khartoum

Elmugiera Hafazalla, a 56-year-old delivery driver and university student from Gorton, is trapped in Khartoum after flying out for a family wedding

The UK and US announced this weekend they had flown diplomats out of the country

Sudanese economists have warned that the prolongation of the war will afflict the Sudanese economy with huge losses and increase the average inflation rate, which has already reached 600 percent. Sudanese Economist Dr. Muhammad Al-Nayer estimated that the suspension of operations at the Khartoum airport to have disrupted 5 percent…

The Tanaiste said evacuations from the capital, Khartoum, to Djibouti were carried out with the assistance of Spain and France.

European nations, China and others from around the world raced to extract thousands of their citizens from Khartoum on Monday during an apparent lull in fierce fighting between the army and Rapid Response Forces (RSF). The sudden eruption of violence between the military and the RSF paramilitary group on April…

As foreign governments airlifted hundreds of their diplomats and other citizens from Sudan, Sudanese on Monday desperately sought ways to escape the chaos amid fears fighting will only escalate.