Sudan conflict: army says evacuations of diplomats expected to begin


Source: irishtimes.com irishtimes.com

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The Sudanese army has said it is coordinating efforts to take diplomats from the UK, the US, China and France out of the country on military planes, as fighting persists in the capital including at its main airport. The military said army chief General Abdel Fattah Burhan had spoken to leaders of various countries requesting safe evacuations of their citizens and diplomats from Sudan, which has been hit by violence for the past week. Countries have struggled to bring out their citizens amid deadly clashes that have killed more than 400 people so far. With Sudan’s main international airport closed,...