U.S. conducts first evacuation of its citizens from Sudan
1 year, 7 months ago

U.S. conducts first evacuation of its citizens from Sudan

LA Times  

Hundreds of Americans fleeing two weeks of deadly fighting in Sudan reached the East African nation’s port Saturday in the first U.S.-run evacuation, completing a dangerous land journey under escort of armed drones. American unmanned aircraft, which have been keeping an eye on overland evacuation routes for days, watched over a bus convoy carrying 200 to 300 Americans over 500 miles to Port Sudan, a place of relative safety, U.S. officials said. Without the evacuation flights near the capital that other countries have been offering their citizens, many U.S. citizens have been left to make the dangerous overland journey from Khartoum to the country’s main Red Sea port, Port Sudan. U.S. consular officials will be waiting for the Americans once they reach the dock in Jeddah, but there are no U.S. personnel in Port Sudan, officials said.

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Crowds of those seeking rescue swell at Sudan’s main seaport
1 year, 7 months ago

Crowds of those seeking rescue swell at Sudan’s main seaport

LA Times  

In an image taken from video, Sudanese and foreigners arrive in Port Sudan, the country’s main seaport, as they wait to leave Sudan on Saturday. Exhausted Sudanese and foreigners joined growing crowds at Sudan’s main seaport Tuesday, waiting to be evacuated from the chaos-stricken nation. The government of South Sudan, which officially split from Sudan in 2011, said Tuesday that …

Conflict in Sudan could force 8 lakh people to flee, warns United Nations
1 year, 7 months ago

Conflict in Sudan could force 8 lakh people to flee, warns United Nations

India Today  

The United Nations warned on Monday that the conflict in Sudan could force 800,000 people to flee the country as battles between rival military factions persisted in the capital despite a supposed ceasefire. UN official Raouf Mazou said the body's refugee agency was planning for an exodus of 815,000 people including 580,000 Sudanese as well as foreign refugees now living …

UN envoy says Sudan’s warring sides agree to negotiate
1 year, 7 months ago

UN envoy says Sudan’s warring sides agree to negotiate

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Sudan’s warring generals have agreed to send representatives for negotiations, potentially in Saudi Arabia, the top U.N. official in the country said Monday, even as the two sides clashed in the capital of Khartoum despite another three-day extension of a fragile cease-fire. “To best protect our necessary humanitarian workers and the people of Sudan, the fighting must stop.’’ …

UN envoy says Sudan's warring sides agree to negotiate, potentially in Saudi
1 year, 7 months ago

UN envoy says Sudan's warring sides agree to negotiate, potentially in Saudi

The Hindu  

Sudan's warring generals have agreed to send representatives for negotiations, potentially in Saudi Arabia, the United Nations' top official in the country told The Associated Press on May 1, even as the two sides clashed in the capital despite another three-day extension of a fragile cease-fire. The talks would initially focus on establishing a “stable and reliable” cease-fire monitored by …

U.N. envoy says Sudan’s warring sides agree to negotiate
1 year, 7 months ago

U.N. envoy says Sudan’s warring sides agree to negotiate

LA Times  

American nationals are searched by U.S. soldiers before boarding a ship in Port Sudan on Sunday. Sudan’s warring generals have agreed to send representatives for negotiations, potentially in Saudi Arabia, the top U.N. official in the country said Monday, even as the two sides clashed in the capital of Khartoum despite another three-day extension of a fragile cease-fire. On Monday, …

Sudan Army, rival extend truce, despite ongoing clashes
1 year, 7 months ago

Sudan Army, rival extend truce, despite ongoing clashes

The Hindu  

Sudan's Army and its rival paramilitary said on April 30 they will extend a humanitarian cease-fire a further 72 hours. Earlier Sunday, an aircraft carrying eight tons of emergency medical aid landed in Sudan to resupply hospitals devastated by the fighting, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross, which organized the shipment. “The hope is to get this …

US conducts 1st evacuation of its citizens from Sudan war
1 year, 7 months ago

US conducts 1st evacuation of its citizens from Sudan war

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Hundreds of Americans fleeing two weeks of deadly fighting in Sudan reached the east African nation’s port Saturday in the first U.S.-run evacuation, completing a dangerous land journey under escort of armed drones. American unmanned aircraft, which have been keeping an eye on overland evacuation routes for days, provided armed overwatch for a bus convoy carrying 200 to …

Hundreds evacuated from Sudan as fighting enters third week
1 year, 7 months ago

Hundreds evacuated from Sudan as fighting enters third week

Al Jazeera  

People are trying to reach neighbouring countries as international evacuation efforts continue for foreign citizens. Hundreds of foreigners fleeing Sudan have arrived in the Saudi Arabian port city of Jeddah, Saudi state media reported, as Sudan entered a third week of fighting between rival military forces despite a ceasefire. The group included the first known Iranian evacuees to escape the …

World powers pull their citizens as violence roils Sudan
1 year, 7 months ago

World powers pull their citizens as violence roils Sudan

Associated Press  

PARIS — Leila Oulkebous’ research for her doctorate from one of France’s top universities was going well when the explosions started. “We were hiding all the time under the bed,” she said Wednesday at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport as hundreds of people arrived in harrowing evacuations. “The feeling I had since the first day of fighting was I felt …

Why the US evacuation from Sudan left Americans behind
1 year, 7 months ago

Why the US evacuation from Sudan left Americans behind

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Warring factions trying to seize control of the east African nation of Sudan have plunged the country into chaos, and thousands are fleeing the capital of Khartoum and nearby battle zones. ___ HOW THE US GOT EMBASSY STAFF OUT As security conditions worsened late last week, including damage to the civilian airport and an attack on a U.S. …

Why did the U.S. evacuation from Sudan leave some Americans behind?
1 year, 7 months ago

Why did the U.S. evacuation from Sudan leave some Americans behind?

LA Times  

Warring factions trying to seize control of the East African nation of Sudan have plunged the country into chaos, and thousands are fleeing the capital of Khartoum and nearby battle zones. How the U.S. got its embassy staff out As security conditions worsened late last week, including damage to the civilian airport and an attack on a U.S. diplomatic convoy …

Photos: Sudanese and foreigners escape deadly conflict
1 year, 7 months ago

Photos: Sudanese and foreigners escape deadly conflict

Al Jazeera  

Sudanese families have been massing at a border crossing with Egypt and at a port city on the Red Sea, desperately trying to escape their country’s violence and sometimes waiting for days with little food or shelter, witnesses say. With the possibility of any future truce uncertain, many people took the opportunity presented during the lull in fighting to join …

India begins evacuation from Sudan; 278 Indians board naval ship to Jeddah
1 year, 8 months ago

India begins evacuation from Sudan; 278 Indians board naval ship to Jeddah

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: Indian authorities on Tuesday scrambled to evacuate close to 3,000 Indian nationals from Sudan after the regular army and a rebel paramilitary force agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire, with Saudi Arabia becoming a key staging post for ferrying out stranded citizens. About 600 Indians gathered at Port Sudan, the country’s main port located more than 800km from Khartoum …

Which countries are evacuating citizens from Sudan?
1 year, 8 months ago

Which countries are evacuating citizens from Sudan?

Associated Press  

NICOSIA, Cyprus — As continued fighting raises fears that Sudan could plunge deeper into chaos, foreign governments are scrambling to get their diplomats and other citizens safely out. Although some flights included people of various nationalities, here’s a country-by-country accounting of evacuation efforts based on information available so far: UNITED STATES: White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Monday …

US helping from afar as Americans flee fighting in Sudan
1 year, 8 months ago

US helping from afar as Americans flee fighting in Sudan

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The White House said Monday the U.S. is helping from afar as thousands of Americans left behind in Sudan seek to escape fighting in the east African nation, after the U.S. Embassy evacuated all of its diplomatic personnel over the weekend and shut down. President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, defended the decision not to keep …

Sudan evacuations gather pace in fighting lull
1 year, 8 months ago

Sudan evacuations gather pace in fighting lull

The Hindu  

Europe, China and Japan raced to extract their citizens from Khartoum on April 24 and thousands more people took advantage of an apparent lull in fighting between the Army and a paramilitary force over the past two days to escape Sudan. Nations including Gulf states and Russia were trying to get citizens out on April 24, and there was a …

Countries rush to evacuate citizens from Sudan as conflict enters second week
1 year, 8 months ago

Countries rush to evacuate citizens from Sudan as conflict enters second week

Hindustan Times  

Several nations have accelerated their effort to evacuate foreign nationals from conflict-ridden Sudan as the war raged unabated in different parts of the country. United States Sudan's Rapid Support Force on Sunday said it had ‘coordinated' American troops to evacuate diplomats and their families from the country as the paramilitary forces pledged ‘full cooperation with all diplomatic missions, and providing …

Special forces swiftly evacuate US embassy staff from Sudan
1 year, 8 months ago

Special forces swiftly evacuate US embassy staff from Sudan

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — U.S. special operations forces carried out a precarious evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Sudan on Sunday, sweeping in and out of the capital with helicopters on the ground for less than an hour. In a statement thanking the troops, President Joe Biden said he was receiving regular reports from his team on efforts to assist remaining Americans …

Foreign nations scramble to evacuate citizens as Sudan battles rage
1 year, 8 months ago

Foreign nations scramble to evacuate citizens as Sudan battles rage

The Hindu  

U.S. 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. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak later said U.K. forces had also "completed a complex and rapid evacuation of British diplomats and their families from Sudan, amid a significant escalation in …

US government personnel evacuated from Sudan's capital: Biden
1 year, 8 months ago

US government personnel evacuated from Sudan's capital: Biden

Deccan Chronicle  

WASHINGTON: The US military evacuated American embassy staff from Khartoum, President Joe Biden said late Saturday, calling for an end to the "unconscionable" fighting in Sudan's capital between the army and a paramilitary group. "Today, on my orders, the United States military conducted an operation to extract US Government personnel from Khartoum," Biden said in a statement, adding that the …

Sudan rivals pledge evacuation help, U.S. diplomats airlifted
1 year, 8 months ago

Sudan rivals pledge evacuation help, U.S. diplomats airlifted

The Hindu  

American embassy staffers were airlifted from Sudan early on April 23, as forces loyal to rival generals battled for control of Africa's third-largest nation for a ninth day amid fading hopes for deescalation. The Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group, which has been battling the Sudanese army, said the U.S. rescue mission involved six aircraft and that it had coordinated evacuation …

US embassy staff evacuated from war-torn Sudan, says country's RSF
1 year, 8 months ago

US embassy staff evacuated from war-torn Sudan, says country's RSF

Hindustan Times  

Sudan's Rapid Support Forces said Sunday it had "coordinated with" American troops to evacuate Washington's embassy in the country, where fighting between the paramilitary group and the army entered a second week following a brief lull. "The Rapid Support Forces Command has coordinated with the U.S Forces Mission consisting of 6 aircraft, for evacuating diplomats and their families on Sunday …

US military evacuates its embassy personnel from clash-torn Sudan; Biden says 'I am grateful'
1 year, 8 months ago

US military evacuates its embassy personnel from clash-torn Sudan; Biden says 'I am grateful'

India TV News  

Sudan crisis: President Joe Biden said that the US military conducted a successful evacuation of US embassy personnel in Sudan. I am grateful: Biden “I am proud of the extraordinary commitment of our Embassy staff, who performed their duties with courage and professionalism and embodied America’s friendship and connection with the people of Sudan,” Biden said in a statement. “I …

Foreigners evacuated as factions battle in Sudan’s Khartoum
1 year, 8 months ago

Foreigners evacuated as factions battle in Sudan’s Khartoum

Al Jazeera  

Countries scrambled to evacuate their diplomats and citizens from the Sudanese capital on Saturday and Sunday. The United States said special forces using MH-47 Chinook helicopters swept into Sudan’s battle-stricken capital from a US base in Djibouti, spending just one hour on the ground to bring out fewer than 100 people. United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Twitter …

Biden confirms US embassy staff, families evacuated from Sudan
1 year, 8 months ago

Biden confirms US embassy staff, families evacuated from Sudan

Al Jazeera  

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said that it had coordinated the evacuation with US forces on Sunday. United States embassy staff and their families have been evacuated by US forces from Sudan’s war-torn capital Khartoum, President Joe Biden said, as fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces entered a second week with hundreds killed and thousands …

Saudi Arabia starts to evacuate its own and friendly country citizens from Sudan
1 year, 8 months ago

Saudi Arabia starts to evacuate its own and friendly country citizens from Sudan

Op India  

On 22nd April 2023, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it will evacuate its own citizens as well as citizens of friendly countries from the Republic of Sudan. “In the implementation of the directives of the Kingdoms Leadership, we are pleased to announce the safe arrival of the citizens of the Kingdom who were evacuated from the Republic …

Saudi Arabia announces safe evacuation of Indians from Sudan
1 year, 8 months ago

Saudi Arabia announces safe evacuation of Indians from Sudan

Hindustan Times  

More than 150 people, including foreign diplomats and officials, have been rescued from Sudan and have arrived in Jeddah, Saudi foreign ministry said. The first announced evacuation of civilians was carried out by the Saudi Arabia's naval forces with the support of other branches of the army, the foreign ministry said. Violence erupted in Sudan last week between forces loyal …

Sudan's Army says evacuations of diplomats expected to begin
1 year, 8 months ago

Sudan's Army says evacuations of diplomats expected to begin

The Hindu  

The Sudanese Army said on April 22 it was coordinating efforts to evacuate diplomats from the United States, Britain, China, and France out of the country on military airplanes, as fighting persisted in the capital, including at its main airport. The military said that Army Chief Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan had spoken to leaders of various countries requesting safe evacuations …

Sudan's army says evacuations of diplomats expected to begin
1 year, 8 months ago

Sudan's army says evacuations of diplomats expected to begin

Deccan Chronicle  

KHARTOUM : The Sudanese army said Saturday it was coordinating efforts to evacuate diplomats from the United States, Britain, China and France out of the country on military airplanes, as fighting persisted in the capital, including at its main airport. The military said that army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan had spoken to leaders of various countries requesting safe evacuations …

Sudan's army on evacuations of diplomats as fighting persists: ‘Likely to begin soon’
1 year, 8 months ago

Sudan's army on evacuations of diplomats as fighting persists: ‘Likely to begin soon’

Hindustan Times  

The Sudanese army said Saturday it was coordinating efforts to evacuate diplomats from the United States, Britain, China and France out of the country on military airplanes, as fighting persisted in the capital, including at its main airport. The military said that army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan had spoken to leaders of various countries requesting safe evacuations of their …

Foreign states begin Sudan evacuations as fighting rages
1 year, 8 months ago

Foreign states begin Sudan evacuations as fighting rages

Al Jazeera  

Some foreign nationals have begun evacuating from Sudan, as the army uses air raids against RSF during battles in Khartoum. In a security alert, the US embassy in Sudan said it had “incomplete information about significant convoys departing Khartoum traveling towards Port Sudan” and that the situation remained dangerous. “We share the international community’s concern about foreign nationals,” he said, …

U.S. completes evacuation of embassy in Sudan amid fierce fighting, Biden says
1 year, 8 months ago

U.S. completes evacuation of embassy in Sudan amid fierce fighting, Biden says

LA Times  

Smoke is seen in Khartoum, Sudan, on Saturday. President Biden said late Saturday that the U.S. military had completed the evacuation of U.S. Embassy personnel in Sudan, and called for an end to “unconscionable” violence there as two rival leaders battled for power in the African country. “I am proud of the extraordinary commitment of our Embassy staff, who performed …

US military prepares for possible Sudan embassy evacuation
1 year, 8 months ago

US military prepares for possible Sudan embassy evacuation

Hindustan Times  

The Pentagon is moving additional troops and equipment to a Naval base in the tiny Gulf of Aden nation of Djibouti to prepare for the possible evacuation of U.S. Embassy personnel from Sudan. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the decision to prepare for a possible evacuation was made by President Joe Biden in the “last couple of days.” …

US deploys more troops to Djibouti for possible Sudan evacuation
1 year, 8 months ago

US deploys more troops to Djibouti for possible Sudan evacuation

Al Jazeera  

The United States is preparing to send additional troops to nearby Djibouti in case an evacuation of Americans from Sudan is needed. The United States is preparing to send a large number of additional troops to its military base in Djibouti in case of an eventual emergency evacuation from Sudan of American citizens. Forces commanded by two previously allied leaders …

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