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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Oliver Holmes and Patrick Wintour

Sudan: what have different countries done to get nationals out?

French soldiers evacuate French citizens, as part of the Operation Sagittaire in Khartoum, Sudan.
French soldiers evacuate French citizens, as part of the Operation Sagittaire in Khartoum, Sudan. Photograph: Etat-Major Des Armees/Reuters

Sudan’s rapid descent into war has left world powers scrambling to evacuate thousands of foreigners, including diplomats and aid workers, who have become stranded in the north-east African country.

With Khartoum’s main international airport largely in ruins, air evacuations have been limited, with some governments attempting to use Port Sudan on the Red Sea as an escape route.

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