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Sudan factions agree to 72-hour ceasefire as foreigners are evacuated

Sudan's warring factions agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire starting on Tuesday, while Western, Arab and Asian nations raced to extract their citizens from the country.

Reuters

Parents of Mayo woman trapped in war-torn Sudan make desperate evacuation plea

Catherine and John McLoughlin, from Co Mayo, were told by officials that high-level meetings were taking place to consider the evacuation of their daughter Kathy, her husband and two young children.

Irish Mirror

British citizens trapped in Sudan feel ‘abandoned’ by UK Government

Tobias Ellwood, Tory chairman of the Defence Committee, said a ‘few thousand UK passport holders’ remain stranded in the African nation.

The Independent UK

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British troops land in Sudan to ‘scope out evacuation options’, minister confirms

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

Evening Standard

Foreign citizens rush to leave Sudan amid conflict

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 New Daily

Cleverly holds further emergency Sudan talks as trapped Britons call for rescue

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

The Independent UK

Sudan evacuations accelerate as fragile cease-fire falters

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.

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Foreigners evacuated as factions battle in Sudan’s Khartoum

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

Al Jazeera

A journey across Sudan's capital Khartoum, a city transformed by war

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.

Reuters

Stay or flee: Residents in Sudan face a difficult decision

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

Al Jazeera

Sudan Fighting Hastens Evacuations of Diplomats, Citizens

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

British citizens trapped in Sudan accuse government of abandoning them

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

The Independent UK

Which countries have evacuated nationals from Sudan?

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

Al Jazeera

The seeds of Sudan’s collapse were sown decades ago

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

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Reuters

Sudanese help one another find medicine, water as state collapses into war

As Sudan collapsed into fighting last week that has trapped civilians in their city neighbourhoods, cutting off access to water, food and healthcare, community groups, websites and apps have sprung up to mobilise medical help and find basic supplies.

Al Jazeera

Crowdsourcing #safety: How Twitter is helping civilians in Sudan

A civilian network organised mainly through Twitter is helping Sudanese people where aid groups cannot.

The Guardian - UK

Western and other nations escalate plans to evacuate diplomats from Sudan

Death toll passes 420, including 264 civilians, and more than 3,700 wounded as ceasefires fail to hold

The Guardian - UK

UK armed forces evacuate British diplomats from Sudan after threats

Rishi Sunak says ‘complex and rapid’ operation carried out, amid fears for remaining UK nationals

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Reuters

Factbox-Foreign states evacuate citizens from Sudan

Sudan's conflict between the army and a paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has prompted foreign countries to race to extract their diplomats and citizens.

Al Jazeera

Stranded: Egyptian travel blogger trapped in Sudan conflict

A young blogger has been unable to leave Sudan since the outbreak of deadly fighting shut down Khartoum’s airport.

The Independent UK

Governments race to rescue diplomats, citizens from Sudan

The U.S. military has airlifted embassy officials out of Sudan and international governments were racing to evacuate thousands of their diplomatic staff and citizens trapped in the capital

Al Jazeera

Sudan fighting in its ninth day: Here is a list of key events

Refugees flee to Chad, looters take UN aid trucks and several countries evacuate embassy staff during heavy fighting.

Radio France Internationale

US, UK and France evacuate embassy personnel amid fighting in Sudan

US and British forces on Sunday evacuated embassy staff and their families from battle-torn Sudan where deadly fighting raged into a second week between forces loyal to two rival generals. France on Sunday also launched evacuation operations.

Reuters

Foreign states rush high-risk Sudan evacuation, some foreign citizens hurt

The armed forces of the United States and the United Kingdom have evacuated embassy staff from Sudan, while other nations rushed to get their citizens to safety as rival military factions battled in the capital Khartoum on Sunday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt Calls on Its Nationals Outside Khartoum to Prepare for Evacuation

Egypt plans to evacuate its citizens from Sudan and has urged Egyptian nationals living there to prepare themselves for evacuation, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday. The Ministry called on Egyptians residing outside the capital Khartoum, to head to the nearest gathering point in preparation for…

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