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Switzerland shuts embassy in Sudan for security reasons

Switzerland has closed its embassy in Khartoum and evacuated staff and their families over the security situation in Sudan, the Swiss foreign ministry said on Twitter.

Reuters · Apr 24, 2023

Sudan factions agree to 72-hour ceasefire as foreigners are evacuated

Sudan's warring factions agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire starting on Tuesday, while Western, Arab and Asian nations raced to extract their citizens from the country.

Reuters · Apr 24, 2023

Parents of Mayo woman trapped in war-torn Sudan make desperate evacuation plea

Catherine and John McLoughlin, from Co Mayo, were told by officials that high-level meetings were taking place to consider the evacuation of their daughter Kathy, her husband and two young children.

Irish Mirror · Apr 24, 2023

Sudan evacuations accelerate as fragile cease-fire falters

The international effort to evacuate consular workers and other expats from Sudan picked up over the weekend even while hampered at times by a ninth day of widespread fighting.

Tribune News Service · Apr 23, 2023

Foreigners evacuated as factions battle in Sudan’s Khartoum

Countries scrambled to evacuate their diplomats and citizens from the Sudanese capital on Saturday and Sunday.

Al Jazeera · Apr 23, 2023

A journey across Sudan's capital Khartoum, a city transformed by war

In the Sudanese capital, charred paramilitary pick-up trucks hit by air strikes litter main streets and weary residents queue for bread in neighbourhoods largely emptied of civilian life.

Reuters · Apr 23, 2023

Stay or flee: Residents in Sudan face a difficult decision

Harrowing conditions have triggered a mass exodus and transformed Khartoum into what feels like a ghost town.

Al Jazeera · Apr 23, 2023

Sudan Fighting Hastens Evacuations of Diplomats, Citizens

Foreign governments evacuated diplomats, staff and others trapped in Sudan on Sunday as rival generals battled for a ninth day. Fighting raged in Omdurman, a city across the Nile from Khartoum, residents said, despite a hoped-for cease-fire to coincide with the three-day Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. More than 420…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 23, 2023

British citizens trapped in Sudan accuse government of abandoning them

Foreign secretary warns government is ‘severely limited’ in its ability to help British nationals

The Independent UK · Apr 23, 2023

Which countries have evacuated nationals from Sudan?

Several countries have launched operations to evacuate their diplomatic staff and other nationals from Sudan.

Al Jazeera · Apr 23, 2023