The international effort to evacuate consular workers and other expats from Sudan picked up over the weekend even while hampered at times by a ninth day of widespread fighting.
The U.K. and U.S. militaries managed to airlift their diplomats to safety, with the U.S. ferrying consular staff in MH-47 Chinook helicopters. Thousands of American citizens, mostly dual nationals, are said to remain.
Other countries started to gain access to the airport in Sudan’s capital of Khartoum on Sunday even as the war raged unabated in places. A temporary cease-fire agreed to by Sudan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces militia it has battled since April 15 appeared to have failed. Officials from the U.S. and European Union continued to press for a halt to fighting.
