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

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 army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy turned rival Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. 3) The Main Players The protagonists in the power struggle are General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the army and leader of Sudan’s ruling council since 2019, and his deputy on the council, RSF leader General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, commonly known as Hemedti. As the plan for a new transition developed, Hemedti aligned himself more closely with civilian parties from a coalition, the Forces for Freedom and Change, that shared power with the military between Bashir’s overthrow and the 2021 coup, Reuters reported.

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