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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Arwa Ibrahim, Mat Nashed

Sudanese stuck as passports locked in abandoned Western embassies

People pass by damaged cars and buildings at the central market in Khartoum, Sudan [File: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters]

In late March, Ahmad Mahmoud submitted his passport and visa application to the Swedish embassy in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. He never imagined they would not give his travel document back.

But when fighting broke out between the Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Swedish diplomats suspended consular services and fled the country within days.

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