An apparent lull in fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has created a window for evacuation of foreign nationals from Sudan
Warns conflict could 'engulf whole region and beyond'Foreign nations fly military planes to extract citizensextract
He urged the 15 Council members to use their clout to end the violence and return Sudan to the path of democratic transition after a 2021 military coup, following the fall of Islamist autocrat Omar al-Bashir to a popular uprising. Facing attacks, aid organisations were among those withdrawing staff and the World Food Programme has suspended its food distribution mission, one of the largest in the world.
By Monday afternoon, fighting was starting to pick up again. Air strikes and ground fighting shook Omdurman, Khartoum's sister city on the opposite bank of the Nile river, and there were also clashes in the capital, a Reuters reporter said. The French Foreign Ministry said on Monday it had arranged the evacuations of 491 people including 196 French citizens and the rest from 36 other nationalities, and a French warship was heading for Port Sudan to help pick up more evacuees.
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