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Japan evacuates all citizens who wish to leave Sudan

All Japanese people who wished to leave Sudan have been evacuated, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday, part of an international exodus from an eruption of violence in the African nation.

In addition to the 45 who left late Monday night on a Japanese military flight, eight more have left with the help of France and other groups, Kishida told reporters.

It was not immediately clear if that eight included four Japanese who Kishida said late on Monday had left with the aid of France, the International Red Cross and others.

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