The Latest Breaking News from Sudan

Development Minister Andrew Mitchell said it was not possible to rescue British citizens as embassy staff were plucked from the war-ravaged African nation

It comes as more than 4,000 British nationals are waiting to be evacuated from Sudan, according to Alicia Kearns

Residents of Khartoum describe going days without electricity and water as fighting rages around them.

A German air force plane with 101 people evacuated from Sudan landed in Berlin early on Monday, as countries rushed to get their citizens out of Khartoum while a shaky ceasefire held in the Sudanese capital. Sudan's sudden slide into conflict between the army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has…

The French embassy in Khartoum is closed until further notice. Foreign countries rushed to evacuate their nationals from Sudan as fighting continued for a second week between forces loyal to rival army figures. Emergency flights were continuing early Monday, with hundreds of people flown out overnight on military aircraft.

Switzerland has closed its embassy in Khartoum and evacuated staff and their families over the security situation in Sudan, the Swiss foreign ministry said on Twitter.

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.

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.

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