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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Cecile Mantovani and Emma Farge

Swiss envoy describes how bus trembled in narrow escape from Sudan

Sudan Ignazio Cassis
Swiss Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis, left, welcomes Christian Winter, Swiss Ambassador of Sudan, at the Bern-Belp Airport in Belp, Switzerland, Tuesday, April 25, 2023. PETER SCHNEIDER/Pool via REUTERS

A Swiss ambassador described on Tuesday a narrow escape during a French-assisted evacuation mission from Sudan, with air strikes shaking an evacuation bus carrying diplomats to a military base.

Switzerland has already shut its embassy and evacuated all Swiss staff and their families over the past few days amid clashes between warring factions that have killed hundreds since April 15.

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