Some 2,000 people were evacuated by boat from Sudan. It is the largest evacuation operation since the start of the conflict in Sudan, which began on April 15.
A ship with almost 2,000 people on board who were evacuated from Sudan because of the conflict in the African country, arrived this Saturday at the port of Jeddah, in Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed.
According to the Saudi authorities, this is the largest evacuation operation since the start of the conflict in Sudan on April 15. At stake are 20 Saudi citizens and 1,846 people from some 50 countries.
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Among the countries with citizens now arriving in Jeddah are, according to the Saudi government’s Twitter note, the United States, France, India, Russia, Turkey, Germany, the United Kingdom, South Africa and Australia. Members of the United Nations were also withdrawn.
Since the start of hostilities between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (FAR), Saudi Arabia has emerged as one of the main actors responsible for the withdrawal of foreigners from the African country, mainly by sea to the port of Jeddah.
Saudi authorities estimate that 4,879 people have left the country using the mechanisms offered by Riyadh, including 139 Saudi nationals and 4,738 people from 96 different countries.
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Sudan entered the 15th consecutive day of clashes between the army and RSF paramilitaries this Saturday, a conflict that has already left more than 500 dead and more than 4,000 injured and has forced thousands of Sudanese to move to safer areas of the country. or to take refuge in neighboring nations such as South Sudan, Egypt or Chad.
The two parties involved in the conflict began a 72-hour truce on Friday brokered by the United States of America and Saudi Arabia to facilitate the evacuation of foreigners in Sudan and open safe corridors for the entry of humanitarian aid.
In recent days, despite the announcement of truces, there have been low-intensity fighting.
The 20 Portuguese who intended to leave Sudan have already been withdrawn from the country, the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in a statement on Wednesday.
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At least 512 people have died and 4,193 have been injured since the clashes broke out, mainly in Khartoum and Darfur (west), the Sudanese Ministry of Health announced Wednesday.
Source: Observadora
