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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.

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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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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.

Reuters

Crowdsourcing #safety: How Twitter is helping civilians in Sudan

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

Al Jazeera

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

The Guardian - UK

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.

Reuters

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.

Al Jazeera

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

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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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Al Jazeera

Sudan doctors caught in fighting recount horrors at hospitals

Battles leave staff and patients trapped in hospitals for days as doctors try to treat wounded with few supplies.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Siddiq Haftar to Asharq Al-Awsat: My Visit to Khartoum Is Not Political

Siddiq Haftar, the eldest son of Marshal Khalifa Haftar, commander-in-chief of the Libyan National Army, confirmed that his visit to Sudan, where he met with the deputy head of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council and leader of the Rapid Support Forces, Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, was “not of a political nature.” Speaking…

The Guardian - UK

Libyan warlord could plunge Sudan into a drawn-out ‘nightmare’ conflict

As Khalifa Haftar’s influence emerges, analysts warn the area could be a battleground for multiple players

The Guardian - UK

Sudan: US evacuates embassy staff and families, France launches rescue for ‘Europeans and allies’

Joe Biden says US has retrieved personnel from Khartoum as fighting continues between rival armed groups

France 24

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

US troops swooped in on helicopters to evacuate embassy staff from Sudan's battle-torn capital, President Joe Biden announced Sunday, as other nations sought to help their citizens escape deadly fighting between rival generals.

Reuters

US evacuated under 100 people from embassy in Sudan amid fighting

All U.S. government personnel were evacuated from Washington's embassy in Khartoum, as well as a small number of diplomatic personnel from other countries, U.S. officials said on Saturday, as fighting rocks Sudan.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Special Forces Rescue US Embassy Staffers in Warring Sudan

US special operations forces carried out a precarious evacuation of the American embassy violence-torn Sudan, US officials said late Saturday, sweeping in and out of the capital, Khartoum, with helicopters on the ground for less than an hour. No shots were fired and no major casualties were reported. With the…

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