Which countries have evacuated nationals from Sudan?
1 year, 8 months ago

Which countries have evacuated nationals from Sudan?

Al Jazeera  

Several countries have launched operations to evacuate their diplomatic staff and other nationals from Sudan. Canada’s Foreign Minister Melanie Joly has said they are working with “like-minded countries” to help the roughly 1,600 citizens formally registered in Sudan. The Netherlands About 100 Dutch nationals have been evacuated from Sudan since Sunday, Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra said. “For now, no decision has been taken.” Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry said on Saturday that it had evacuated 91 Saudi citizens from Port Sudan to Jeddah, along with 66 nationals from several other “friendly and brotherly countries”. South Korea A bus carrying 28 South Korean citizens had arrived at the Port Sudan New International Airport for evacuation on military aircraft, South Korea’s presidential office said on Monday.

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Hundreds evacuated from Sudan as fighting enters third week
1 year, 8 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, 8 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 …

Sudan evacuation effort ‘potentially impossible’ once ceasefire ends – Cleverly
1 year, 8 months ago

Sudan evacuation effort ‘potentially impossible’ once ceasefire ends – Cleverly

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Evacuation efforts in Sudan will be “potentially impossible” once a …

Sudan: India Evacuates 1,100 Citizens; China, US Rush to Rescue Nationals from Khartoum
1 year, 8 months ago

Sudan: India Evacuates 1,100 Citizens; China, US Rush to Rescue Nationals from Khartoum

News 18  

Several countries including India evacuated diplomats and citizens from Khartoum as fighting rages in the Sudan capital. Here are the latest updates on the evacuation of people from conflict-torn Sudan: India has successfully evacuated more than 1,100 of its citizens from Sudan under Operation Kaveri. An Indonesian military plane flew 110 Indonesian nationals from Port Sudan to the Saudi city …

China has deployed navy to evacuate citizens in Sudan: Defence Ministry
1 year, 8 months ago

China has deployed navy to evacuate citizens in Sudan: Defence Ministry

The Hindu  

China has deployed its navy to rescue citizens from conflict-hit Sudan, the Defence Ministry in Beijing said on Thursday. "Recently, the security situation in Sudan has continued to deteriorate," Chinese Defence Ministry spokesman Tan Kefei said. Some 800 Chinese citizens would be evacuated from Sudan by sea from April 25 to 27, foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said Wednesday. An …

250 Indians evacuated from Sudan
1 year, 8 months ago

250 Indians evacuated from Sudan

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: Over 250 Indians were evacuated from Sudan on Wednesday onboard two Indian Air Force C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft from Port Sudan to the Saudi city of Jeddah, from where they will be brought back home. A second IAF C-130J flight departs Port Sudan for Jeddah, carrying another 135 passengers. India had on Sunday said it has put …

States announce steps to assist evacuees from Sudan
1 year, 8 months ago

States announce steps to assist evacuees from Sudan

The Hindu  

Several States have opened help desks and announced assistance like free travel and lodging for Indians evacuated from strife-torn Sudan once they arrive in the country. Uttar Pradesh Government on Wednesday opened a help desk at the resident commissioner office in Delhi for people from the State trapped in Sudan, a senior official said in Lucknow. Besides, relatives of Madhya …

How is the UK evacuating people from Sudan?
1 year, 8 months ago

How is the UK evacuating people from Sudan?

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We actually have two more flights this evening, and then many more into tomorrow, …

WHO warns of 'biological hazard' in Sudan as warring parties seize lab containing measles, cholera
1 year, 8 months ago

WHO warns of 'biological hazard' in Sudan as warring parties seize lab containing measles, cholera

Firstpost  

Many countries have successfully evacuated their citizens from war-torn Sudan after several attacks on diplomats, including the killing of an Egyptian attache shot on his way to work. Some countries are also extracting their private citizens The World Health Organisation has warned of the “high risk of biological hazard” in Sudan’s capital Khartoum after one of the warring parties seized …

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 …

India starts evacuation from Sudan as conflict continues
1 year, 8 months ago

India starts evacuation from Sudan as conflict continues

Hindustan Times  

India on Monday started evacuating its citizens from strife-torn Sudan amid intense fighting between the army and a rival paramilitary force there, officials familiar with the matter said. Last night, two military flight rotations evacuated 388 people of 28 countries, including Indian nationals,” the French embassy in India wrote on Twitter. The ministry of external affairs on Sunday said it …

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 …

More Indians Evacuated from Sudan: The Conflict Explained in 5 Simple Points
1 year, 8 months ago

More Indians Evacuated from Sudan: The Conflict Explained in 5 Simple Points

News 18  

France has evacuated some Indians along with citizens of 27 other countries as part of its evacuation mission from violence-hit Sudan. People familiar with the matter said in New Delhi that Saudi Arabia evacuated three Indians, who were part of the crew of a Saudi flight and stuck in Sudanese capital Khartoum. The fighting broke out between forces loyal to …

China evacuates first group of its citizens stuck in war-torn Sudan
1 year, 8 months ago

China evacuates first group of its citizens stuck in war-torn Sudan

Hindustan Times  

China has evacuated the first group of its citizens from Sudan, Beijing's foreign ministry said Monday, amid heavy fighting in the African nation. The first group of Chinese citizens has been "safely evacuated" from Sudan, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Monday, without giving a specific number. Beijing will "try every means to protect the lives, properties and …

Indian nationals among people evacuated by France from Sudan
1 year, 8 months ago

Indian nationals among people evacuated by France from Sudan

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: France has evacuated some Indians along with citizens of 27 other countries as part of its evacuation mission from violence-hit Sudan. Last night, two military flight rotations evacuated 388 people of 28 countries, including Indian nationals," it tweeted. On Sunday, Saudi Arabia said it has evacuated from Sudan 66 citizens from "brotherly and friendly" foreign countries that included …

Indians among those evacuated by France from war-torn Sudan
1 year, 8 months ago

Indians among those evacuated by France from war-torn Sudan

Hindustan Times  

France has evacuated some Indians along with citizens of 27 other countries as part of its evacuation mission from violence-hit Sudan. Sudan clashes: The French embassy said that on Monday, 388 people from 28 countries, including India, were evacuated. Read here: Countries rush to evacuate citizens from Sudan as conflict enters second week The French embassy in New Delhi said …

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 …

Germany Evacuates 101 People From Conflict-Hit Sudan
1 year, 8 months ago

Germany Evacuates 101 People From Conflict-Hit Sudan

News 18  

Germany has evacuated 101 people from Sudan, where fierce fighting between rival generals has entered its second week, the army said on Sunday. An Airbus A400M carrying the evacuees “landed safely in Jordan” at around midnight local time, the Bundeswehr said on Twitter. Defence sources told AFP the German military planes were taking off from Azraq in Jordan and using …

'Complicated' French rescue mission evacuates 100 from Sudan
1 year, 8 months ago

'Complicated' French rescue mission evacuates 100 from Sudan

Firstpost  

Paris: France evacuated around 100 people from Sudan on its first flight out of the war-hit country after a “complicated” rescue operation, officials said on Sunday. The first rescue flight to Djibouti carried citizens from Britain, France, Germany, and Switzerland as well as African nations such as Ethiopia and Morocco, AFP quoted an official from the foreign ministry as saying. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

Dutch send transport planes to Jordan for potential Sudan evacuation
1 year, 8 months ago

Dutch send transport planes to Jordan for potential Sudan evacuation

Dutch News  

The Dutch defence ministry has sent two transport plans to Jordan where they will be on standby to bring Dutch nationals out of Sudan, given the surge of violence in the African country. The foreign ministry is in contact with some 50 Dutch nationals in Sudan and hosted an online meeting on Wednesday to discuss their situation. ‘With its large-scale …

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