Sudan fighting: Evacuations intensify as US warns of humanitarian crisis

 

The evacuation effort has intensified in Sudan, a country in Northeast Africa, amid ongoing fighting. Several countries have started to evacuate their citizens as the United States warned of a humanitarian crisis.

The conflict between the Sudanese army and its paramilitary group, Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has wreaked havoc in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan.

The US has already warned of shortages of medicines as well as food and water in Sudan. The US sent disaster response experts to Sudan to evacuate foreign diplomats from the Sudanese capital. Various other countries also successfully evacuated their citizens from Sudan.

Saudi Arabia evacuated over 150 people from Sudan on Saturday. Saudi Arabia’s naval forces carried out the evacuation process with help from other army units. The United Kingdom said it evacuated British diplomats and their families from Sudan. Turkey also evacuated at least 600 nationals from two Khartoum districts. France evacuated some 100 people from Sudan. Italy also evacuated some 140 Italians from Sudan.

Germany also started to evacuate people from Sudan. Lebanon has also planned to evacuate some 60 citizens by sea. Jordan also began operations to evacuate some 300 of its citizens. Egypt also started evacuating citizens from Sudan. The Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, said that Canadian diplomats had been extracted from Sudan.

The conflict in Sudan has killed 420 people, including 264 civilians. More than 3,700 people have also been injured due to the fighting.

The violence erupted in Sudan on April 15 between Sudan’s military, who are loyal to Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), who are loyal to Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti.

As the conflict continues to rage in Khartoum, concern has been raised for the safety of people in Sudan. Many countries called on the two groups to stop the violence.