Sunak holds emergency meeting on Sudan violence amid reports of evacuation


Source: belfasttelegraph.co.uk belfasttelegraph.co.uk

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has held an emergency Cobra meeting to discuss assistance for the British nationals trapped in Sudan as fighting continues in the African country. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) confirmed that the morning meeting in the Cabinet Office saw Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and Africa minister Andrew Mitchell attend. Government officials said they are “doing everything possible” to support those still inside the country’s capital, Khartoum. It comes after the Sudanese army said it was co-ordinating efforts to evacuate American, British, Chinese and French citizens and diplomats from Sudan on military aircraft as bloody fighting...