US and UK armed forces evacuated embassy staff from Sudan, while other nations rushed to get their citizens to safety as rival military factions fought in Khartoum
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.
The risks were also evident in army accusations that the RSF looted a Qatari convoy heading to Port Sudan. In separate incidents, an Iraqi citizen was killed during clashes and Egypt said one of its diplomats had been wounded. Egypt, India, Nigeria and Libya were among the countries that said they were working to bring home their people.The fighting broke out in Khartoum and other parts of the country on April 15, four years after long-ruling autocrat Omar al-Bashir was toppled.
Beyond Khartoum, reports of the worst violence have come from Darfur, a western region bordering Chad that suffered 300,000 people dead and 2.7 million displaced during an earlier conflict that started in 2003.Hemedti Burhan said on Monday he was based at the army headquarters in central Khartoum, about 2 km from the palace.
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