Most British citizens have been evacuated - but hotels in the city on the Red Sea coast are full of people desperate to find safe routes to escape the fighting
The Coral Hotel - an architectural replica of the British colonial Governor's House across the road in Port Sudan - is the new office for British consular support.
The UK operations base relocated there from Wadi Saeedna in Omdurman - roughly 14 miles from Khartoum and a heartland of fighting - after a Turkish military plane came under fire as it was about to land. A senior Sudanese military commander told Sky News the plane was not following the agreed flight route and was considered a potential threat.UK evacuation mission in Sudan ends
Before the incident, British citizens travelling to Wadi Saeedna military base condemned the lack of protection en route. British diplomats were evacuated from Sudan a week into the conflict in a special military operation and the UK government was criticised for not evacuating its citizens.
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