The Latest Breaking News from Khartoum

Ministers under pressure to find safe route for 4,000 national stuck in escalating war

Countries are rushing to get their citizens in Sudan to safety as battles continue around the army's headquarters and the airport in the capital Khartoum.

The Foreign Secretary has warned that the UK is ‘severely limited’ in how it can assist while the fighting continues.

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.

Countries scrambled to evacuate their diplomats and citizens from the Sudanese capital on Saturday and Sunday.

In the Sudanese capital, charred paramilitary pick-up trucks hit by air strikes litter main streets and weary residents queue for bread in neighbourhoods largely emptied of civilian life.

Harrowing conditions have triggered a mass exodus and transformed Khartoum into what feels like a ghost town.

Foreign governments evacuated diplomats, staff and others trapped in Sudan on Sunday as rival generals battled for a ninth day. Fighting raged in Omdurman, a city across the Nile from Khartoum, residents said, despite a hoped-for cease-fire to coincide with the three-day Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. More than 420…

Foreign secretary warns government is ‘severely limited’ in its ability to help British nationals

Several countries have launched operations to evacuate their diplomatic staff and other nationals from Sudan.

The conflict in my birth country has its roots in a power struggle that began with the Darfur genocide 20 years ago, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik