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The Latest Breaking News from Port Sudan

Key events in Sudan as fighting hits 17 days

The country’s warring factions continue to fight despite saying they would extend a barely respected 72-hour ceasefire.

Al Jazeera

Britons have until midday to reach Port Sudan as UK relocates evacuation efforts

UK citizens are trying to escape Sudan amid a faltering ceasefire.

The Independent UK

Fighting escalates in Sudan despite extended ceasefire as thousands more flee

Sudanese army and RSF continue fighting into third week

The Independent UK

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Fighting continues in Sudan despite new ceasefire extension

Despite warnings of slide towards civil war, rival military forces accuse each other of new violations of the ceasefire.

Al Jazeera

UK government extends Sudan evacuation with additional flight

FCDO asks any British nationals hoping to leave war-torn country to reach airport in Port Sudan by noon local time on Monday

The Guardian - UK

The UK will run an additional evacuation flight from Port Sudan

The UK will run a further flight for those still trapped in the country after officially ending the operation from an airfield near Khartoum

Manchester Evening News

The U.S. evacuates some 1,000 Americans from Sudan

Two convoys of private U.S. citizens arrived in Port Sudan over the weekend after departing the capital of Khartoum, where deadly fighting between rival militaries has killed hundreds.

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Hundreds evacuated from Sudan as fighting enters third week

People are trying to reach neighbouring countries as international evacuation efforts continue for foreign citizens.

Al Jazeera

US conducts 1st evacuation of its citizens from Sudan war

The United States has carried out its first evacuation of American citizens and permanent residents from Sudan since war broke out in the capital two weeks ago

The Independent UK

Iran Hails Saudi Arabia's Role in Evacuating Iranians from Sudan

Iran on Saturday hailed Saudi Arabia’s role in evacuating 65 Iranian citizens from conflict-torn Sudan. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani said that since the onset of the unrest in Sudan, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has deported 65 Iranians stranded in Sudan, and “has taken the necessary arrangements to transfer…

Asharq Al-Awsat

For Syrians in Sudan, returning home is not an option

Syrians fled to Sudan to avoid the war in their country. The prospect of going back is not one they want to consider.

Al Jazeera

Two doctors struck by tragedy in Sudan: One dead, one fleeing for his life

The violence in Sudan has claimed the life of a beloved Sudanese American doctor. One of his colleague's talks about Dr. Sulieman's legacy — and the devastating toll of the fighting in Khartoum.

WEKU

Why the US evacuation from Sudan left Americans behind

The effort to get private citizens out of Sudan by countries around the globe continues, by military airlift, ship and over land

The Independent UK

Nearly 1,700 Sudan evacuees reach Saudi Arabia

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia: A ship carrying 1,687 civilians from more than 50 countries fleeing violence in Sudan docked in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, the largest evacuation effort by the Gulf kingdom so far.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Foreign Ministry: Saudi Arabia Evacuates 1,687 Persons of 58 Nationalities from Sudan

A third ship carrying a new batch of evacuees from Sudan arrived in Jeddah early on Wednesday as the Saudi government continues efforts to lift its citizens, as well as foreign nationals, from the conflict zone in Sudan. The Foreign Ministry revealed in a statement that the ship transported 1,687…

Al Jazeera

Journey to safety: Pakistanis escaping the violence in Sudan

Emotions mixed as they leave their homes and travel 800km (500 miles) from Khartoum to Port Sudan.

The Guardian - UK

Sudan: thousands flee Khartoum as civilian casualties escalate

Lack of supplies and rising prices add to perilous journey by road to Egyptian border and Port Sudan

The Independent UK

Sunak chairs emergency Cobra meeting on rescuing Britons from Sudan

A team of British troops were understood to have been flown into Port Sudan to scope out the options for any rescue mission of civilians.

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The Independent UK

What other countries are doing to evacuate nationals from Sudan

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

The Guardian - UK

Western and other nations escalate plans to evacuate diplomats from Sudan

Death toll passes 420, including 264 civilians, and more than 3,700 wounded as ceasefires fail to hold

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sudan to Develop Red Sea Port in $6-Bln Initial Pact with Emirati Group

Sudan on Tuesday signed a preliminary agreement with a group led by the UAE's AD Ports Group and Invictus Investment to build and operate the Abu Amama port and economic zone on the Red Sea with a $6-billion investment. The project, located about 200 km (124 miles) north of Port…

Reuters

Exclusive-UAE to build Red Sea port in Sudan in $6 billion investment package

The United Arab Emirates will build a new Red Sea port in Sudan as part of a $6 billion investment package, DAL group chairman Osama Daoud Abdellatif, a partner in the deal, told Reuters.

Asharq Al-Awsat

East Sudan Governor Resigns, Protesters Lift Blockade

A coalition of tribes in East Sudan announced on Tuesday the end of a sit-in which blocked roads to the crucial Red Sea port, after the governor announced his resignation. The Port Sudan sit-in protested a 2020 peace deal the country's Beja tribes say made too many concessions at the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sudan: Hemedti Denies Signing Any Deal on Red Sea Ports

The leader of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, generally referred to as Hemedti, has denied rumors of him seeking an agreement for Port Sudan during his visit to the Red Sea state. This comes a few days after Hemedti had returned from a controversial visit to…

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