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Pope prays for peace in Sudan as fighting continues despite imminent ceasefire<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//05//17//what-is-at-stake-for-europe-as-war-in-sudan-rages-on-and-a-regional-crisis-looms/">What is at stake for Europe as war in Sudan rages on and a regional crisis looms?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, fighting continues in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum and the Western Darfur region despite reports from Saudi Arabia and the US that the warring sides are adhering better to a new, weeklong cease-fire following days of sporadic fighting.<\/p>\n<p>The latest pause is the seventh attempt at a truce after the others were violated.<\/p>\n<p>The conflict in Sudan erupted in mid-April after months of escalating tensions between the military, led by Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces, a powerful paramilitary commanded by Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the reported calm on Thursday, humanitarian missions were able on to deliver \"urgently needed medical supplies to several locations in Sudan,\u201d the joint statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts were also underway to restore telecommunications services in Khartoum and other parts of the country.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//59//62//62//808x539_cmsv2_68498fb0-2473-5575-9bbf-ce31ba8684be-7596262.jpg/" alt=\"Amr Nabil\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has warned both parties of possible sanctions if the latest cease-fire was not adhered to.<\/p>\n<p>The UN says that more than a million Sudanese have been internally displaced, while some 300,000 have fled to neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n<p>The conflict has killed more than 860 civilians, including at least 190 children, according to the most recent numbers from the Sudanese Doctors\u2019 Syndicate.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1685187801,"updatedAt":1685196183,"publishedAt":1685195736,"firstPublishedAt":1685195742,"lastPublishedAt":1685195742,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","altText":"Sudanese Ayoub Abu Fatema, head of an NGO organisation, receives aid from the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre at Port Sudan airport, Thursday, May 11, 2023. 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We empathise, and we are in touch with our ambassador in Khartoum,\" he added. \n\nAfter more than a month of fighting between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group, the UN says the country needs \u20ac2.7 billion euros in emergency aid. \n\nAround 1,000 people have been killed since the conflict began in April this year, and one million others have been displaced. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Russia has announced it is prepared to act as a possible mediator in the war in Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the sidelines of the 'Russia - Islamic World: KazanForum', in Russia's southwestern city of Kazan,\u00a0Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said Moscow is ready to provide warring parties with a platform for negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>\"They must sort out their own problems, and we are ready to assist in this since we have long-standing ties,\"\u00a0Bogdanov declared.<\/p>\n<p>\"Agreements on a ceasefire are being violated. We empathise, and we are in touch with our ambassador in Khartoum,\" he added.<\/p>\n<p>After more than a month of fighting between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group, the UN says the country needs \u20ac2.7 billion euros in emergency aid.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7610556,7604114\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//05//15//sudanese-continue-to-flee-the-country-as-fighting-in-khartoum-enters-fifth-week/">Sudanese continue to flee the country as fighting in Khartoum enters fifth week<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//05//17//un-says-it-needs-close-to-3-billion-euros-for-humanitarian-aid-for-sudan/">UN says it needs close to 3 billion euros for humanitarian aid for Sudan<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Around 1,000 people have been killed since the conflict began in April this year, and one million others have been displaced.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1684455995,"updatedAt":1684482244,"publishedAt":1684481437,"firstPublishedAt":1684481440,"lastPublishedAt":1684481440,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Amr Nabil\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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The same is just as true about Khartoum, Joseph Hammond writes.","leadin":"Humanitarian concerns should trump geopolitics in our view of the current Sudanese civil war, Joseph Hammond writes.","summary":"Humanitarian concerns should trump geopolitics in our view of the current Sudanese civil war, Joseph Hammond writes.","keySentence":"","url":"what-is-at-stake-for-europe-as-war-in-sudan-rages-on-and-a-regional-crisis-looms","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/05\/17\/what-is-at-stake-for-europe-as-war-in-sudan-rages-on-and-a-regional-crisis-looms","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Since 15 April, Sudan has been locked in a bloody civil war that threatens to tip the Horn of Africa over the brink and straight into a full-blown humanitarian disaster.\u00a0 \n\nNo less an observer than the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, has said the conflict has the potential to be \u201cworse than Ukraine\u201d. \n\nHer claim was quickly dismissed as a public relations move, but the recent military history of the Horn of Africa suggests how deadly conflicts in the region can be to civilians.\u00a0 \n\nTo add to the tragedy, the war threatens to additionally compromise the food security of one of the world\u2019s most distinguished regions. \n\nWars in the Horn of Africa disproportionately affect civilians \n\nThe 2013-2020 South Sudanese Civil War offers a clear example of how the conflict in the Horn of Africa has a disproportionate impact on civilians. \n\nAccording to one study published in 2018 by researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, some 383,000 people had died in the conflict since 2013.\u00a0 \n\nOf these, some 193,000 were civilian deaths due to displacement, disruption of health care, and starvation.\u00a0Tragically, starvation continues to be a weapon of war for some actors in the Horn of Africa. \n\nIn the Sudan war that is raging on right now, roughly 500 civilians have been killed in the first month \u2014 a figure just slightly smaller than the monthly average in Ukraine.\u00a0 \n\nThat is to say, a large civil war in the Horn of Africa has seen already civilian deaths equivalent to a massive-scale invasion of Ukraine by one of the world\u2019s greatest arms producers. \n\nMillions more are at severe risk \n\nWhile civilian deaths peaked and levelled off early in Ukraine, we are likely to see expanded suffering among civilians in Sudan due to a number of additional factors compounding their misery.\u00a0 \n\nBefore this conflict, a third of Sudan\u2019s population faced food insecurity and other humanitarian challenges.\u00a0 \n\nAdditionally, this year, the country recorded its reportedly first-ever outbreak of dengue fever in the capital of Khartoum. \n\nYet the biggest issue this conflict has already exacerbated relates to food security. A UN document released in March claimed as many as 129,000 face imminent starvation and death in the Horn of Africa.\u00a0 \n\nWhile initially it was forecast that South Sudan and Somalia will be the hardest hit by this emerging crisis, Sudan\u2019s new conflict puts millions more at severe risk. \n\nThis year is the sixth in a row where rains have failed to fall across the Horn of Africa, causing the worst drought in forty years.\u00a0 \n\nIn some areas, locals said conditions are not as bad as in 2011 \u2013 a year in which famine, claimed by some estimates, directly or indirectly claimed a quarter of a million lives.\u00a0 \n\nHowever, the conflict in Sudan and the disruptions to global food supplies due to the war in Ukraine may be complicating factors. \n\nA humanitarian crisis should be avoided at all costs \n\nThus, it is imperative for collective action to both build peace and stem the humanitarian crisis.\u00a0 \n\nWhile a number of countries pooled resources to help their nationals flee Sudan, the world must now use those same capabilities to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe.\u00a0 \n\nSome aid groups operating in neighbouring countries have announced in the past week that they may see food shortages soon. \n\nThe European Union has undertaken some important steps to ameliorate the humanitarian crisis, notably launching an \"air bridge\" to provide much-needed humanitarian aid.\u00a0 \n\nTo that end, a number of countries have launched similar efforts that have engaged civil society.\u00a0King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), based in Saudi Arabia, has launched a similar air bridge to provide humanitarian supplies to Sudan.\u00a0 \n\nNATO should demonstrate its prior engagement was not a one-off \n\nYet, NATO is still not getting involved, despite the fact that\u00a0the alliance's first-ever Africa-related operation was to provide logistical support to an African Union peacekeeping effort in Sudan in 2005 together with the EU.\u00a0 \n\nAfter the war in Afghanistan, it was NATO's second-ever out-of-area operation. Even today, NATO brags about its mission when discussing its role in Africa. \n\nHowever, NATO should show that its former engagement in Sudan was not a one-off affair and support ongoing logistical efforts to support humanitarian efforts to the conflict.\u00a0 \n\nPerhaps the argument this time around is even stronger than the one that sparked NATO's involvement in 2005, given that Russia's presence and role in the country have only expanded in recent years. \n\nSudan is much closer to Europe than most realise \n\nAs the Sudanese people bravely face this storm, they do so with less coin in their pockets. The country\u2019s exports have been largely halted since.\u00a0 \n\nTragically, Sudan\u2019s largest export since the start of the conflict has been refugees.\u00a0 \n\nEthiopia alone is receiving roughly 1,000 refugees per day from Sudan as the fighting rages on, while as many as 800,000 may flee as a result of the conflict\u00a0\u2014\u00a0a small fraction of the refugees that the war in Ukraine has produced.\u00a0 \n\nYet, with the region facing a severe drought, those fleeing the conflict could see thousands of \u201cclimate refugees\u201d following in their footsteps.\u00a0 \n\nThis is why humanitarian concerns should trump geopolitics in our view of the current Sudanese civil war.\u00a0 \n\nEurope should act now to strengthen the humanitarian response less the conflict in Sudan destabilises the country's neighbours and, ultimately, the Southern Mediterranean. \n\nWar has taught European leaders that Kyiv is far closer to Brussels than many realised. The same is just as true about Khartoum. \n\nJoseph Hammond is a journalist who has reported extensively from Africa, Eurasia and the Middle East, as well as a former Fulbright Public Policy Fellow. \n\nAt Euronews, we believe all views matter. Contact us at view@euronews.com to send pitches or submissions and be part of the conversation. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Since 15 April, Sudan has been locked in a bloody civil war that threatens to tip the Horn of Africa over the brink and straight into a full-blown humanitarian disaster.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No less an observer than the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, has said the conflict has the potential to be \u201cworse than Ukraine\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Her claim was quickly dismissed as a public relations move, but the recent military history of the Horn of Africa suggests how deadly conflicts in the region can be to civilians.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To add to the tragedy, the war threatens to additionally compromise the food security of one of the world\u2019s most distinguished regions.<\/p>\n<h2>Wars in the Horn of Africa disproportionately affect civilians<\/h2><p>The 2013-2020 South Sudanese Civil War offers a clear example of how the conflict in the Horn of Africa has a disproportionate impact on civilians.<\/p>\n<p>According to one study published in 2018 by researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, some 383,000 people had died in the conflict since 2013.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">In the Sudan war that is raging on right now, roughly 500 civilians have been killed in the first month \u2014 a figure just slightly smaller than the monthly average in Ukraine.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666015625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//61//10//10//808x539_cmsv2_9a25d2cc-2406-5c69-9a6b-a113c73682c6-7611010.jpg/" alt=\"Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin\/AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/10\/10\/384x256_cmsv2_9a25d2cc-2406-5c69-9a6b-a113c73682c6-7611010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/10\/10\/640x426_cmsv2_9a25d2cc-2406-5c69-9a6b-a113c73682c6-7611010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/10\/10\/750x500_cmsv2_9a25d2cc-2406-5c69-9a6b-a113c73682c6-7611010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/10\/10\/828x551_cmsv2_9a25d2cc-2406-5c69-9a6b-a113c73682c6-7611010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/10\/10\/1080x719_cmsv2_9a25d2cc-2406-5c69-9a6b-a113c73682c6-7611010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/10\/10\/1200x799_cmsv2_9a25d2cc-2406-5c69-9a6b-a113c73682c6-7611010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/10\/10\/1920x1279_cmsv2_9a25d2cc-2406-5c69-9a6b-a113c73682c6-7611010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A South-Sudanese government soldier is seen through a broken window at the airport in Bor, Jonglei State, South Sudan, January 2014<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Of these, some 193,000 were civilian deaths due to displacement, disruption of health care, and starvation.\u00a0Tragically, starvation continues to be a weapon of war for some actors in the Horn of Africa.<\/p>\n<p>In the Sudan war that is raging on right now, roughly 500 civilians have been killed in the first month \u2014 a figure just slightly smaller than the monthly average in Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That is to say, a large civil war in the Horn of Africa has seen already civilian deaths equivalent to a massive-scale invasion of Ukraine by one of the world\u2019s greatest arms producers.<\/p>\n<h2>Millions more are at severe risk<\/h2><p>While civilian deaths peaked and levelled off early in Ukraine, we are likely to see expanded suffering among civilians in Sudan due to a number of additional factors compounding their misery.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Before this conflict, a third of Sudan\u2019s population faced food insecurity and other humanitarian challenges.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, this year, the country recorded its reportedly first-ever outbreak of dengue fever in the capital of Khartoum.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the biggest issue this conflict has already exacerbated relates to food security. A UN document released in March claimed as many as 129,000 face imminent starvation and death in the Horn of Africa.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">While initially it was forecast that South Sudan and Somalia will be the hardest hit by this emerging crisis, Sudan\u2019s new conflict puts millions more at severe risk.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//61//10//10//808x539_cmsv2_68163ac3-7381-5839-94e1-46ad1bf9324e-7611010.jpg/" alt=\"Peter Louis\/AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/10\/10\/384x256_cmsv2_68163ac3-7381-5839-94e1-46ad1bf9324e-7611010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/10\/10\/640x427_cmsv2_68163ac3-7381-5839-94e1-46ad1bf9324e-7611010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/10\/10\/750x500_cmsv2_68163ac3-7381-5839-94e1-46ad1bf9324e-7611010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/10\/10\/828x552_cmsv2_68163ac3-7381-5839-94e1-46ad1bf9324e-7611010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/10\/10\/1080x720_cmsv2_68163ac3-7381-5839-94e1-46ad1bf9324e-7611010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/10\/10\/1200x800_cmsv2_68163ac3-7381-5839-94e1-46ad1bf9324e-7611010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/10\/10\/1920x1281_cmsv2_68163ac3-7381-5839-94e1-46ad1bf9324e-7611010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">People who crossed from Sudan are seen at a refugee camp in Renk County, South Sudan, 3 May 2023<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Peter Louis\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>While initially it was forecast that South Sudan and Somalia will be the hardest hit by this emerging crisis, Sudan\u2019s new conflict puts millions more at severe risk.<\/p>\n<p>This year is the sixth in a row where rains have failed to fall across the Horn of Africa, causing the worst drought in forty years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In some areas, locals said conditions are not as bad as in 2011 \u2013 a year in which famine, claimed by some estimates, directly or indirectly claimed a quarter of a million lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, the conflict in Sudan and the disruptions to global food supplies due to the war in Ukraine may be complicating factors.<\/p>\n<h2>A humanitarian crisis should be avoided at all costs<\/h2><p>Thus, it is imperative for collective action to both build peace and stem the humanitarian crisis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While a number of countries pooled resources to help their nationals flee Sudan, the world must now use those same capabilities to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some aid groups operating in neighbouring countries have announced in the past week that they may see food shortages soon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">The European Union has undertaken some important steps to ameliorate the humanitarian crisis, notably launching an 'air bridge' to provide much-needed humanitarian aid.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//61//10//10//808x539_cmsv2_1e78a5fb-f2f9-5e54-adeb-1b62d120d14f-7611010.jpg/" alt=\"AP Photo\/Petros Karadjias\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/10\/10\/384x256_cmsv2_1e78a5fb-f2f9-5e54-adeb-1b62d120d14f-7611010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/10\/10\/640x427_cmsv2_1e78a5fb-f2f9-5e54-adeb-1b62d120d14f-7611010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/10\/10\/750x500_cmsv2_1e78a5fb-f2f9-5e54-adeb-1b62d120d14f-7611010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/10\/10\/828x552_cmsv2_1e78a5fb-f2f9-5e54-adeb-1b62d120d14f-7611010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/10\/10\/1080x720_cmsv2_1e78a5fb-f2f9-5e54-adeb-1b62d120d14f-7611010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/10\/10\/1200x800_cmsv2_1e78a5fb-f2f9-5e54-adeb-1b62d120d14f-7611010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/10\/10\/1920x1281_cmsv2_1e78a5fb-f2f9-5e54-adeb-1b62d120d14f-7611010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">People exit a British military transport aircraft after arriving with approximately 79 British nationals at Larnaca main airport, Cyprus, April 2023<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Petros Karadjias<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The European Union has undertaken some important steps to ameliorate the humanitarian crisis, notably launching an \"air bridge\" to provide much-needed humanitarian aid.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To that end, a number of countries have launched similar efforts that have engaged civil society.\u00a0King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), based in Saudi Arabia, has launched a similar air bridge to provide humanitarian supplies to Sudan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>NATO should demonstrate its prior engagement was not a one-off<\/h2><p>Yet, NATO is still not getting involved, despite the fact that\u00a0the alliance's first-ever Africa-related operation was to provide logistical support to an African Union peacekeeping effort in Sudan in 2005 together with the EU.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After the war in Afghanistan, it was NATO's second-ever out-of-area operation. Even today, NATO brags about its mission when discussing its role in Africa.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">Perhaps the argument this time around is even stronger than the one that sparked NATO's involvement in 2005, given that Russia's presence and role in the country have only expanded in recent years.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//61//10//10//808x539_cmsv2_3e60351a-6073-5eca-acc6-246f4415195f-7611010.jpg/" alt=\"AP Photo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/10\/10\/384x256_cmsv2_3e60351a-6073-5eca-acc6-246f4415195f-7611010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/10\/10\/640x427_cmsv2_3e60351a-6073-5eca-acc6-246f4415195f-7611010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/10\/10\/750x500_cmsv2_3e60351a-6073-5eca-acc6-246f4415195f-7611010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/10\/10\/828x552_cmsv2_3e60351a-6073-5eca-acc6-246f4415195f-7611010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/10\/10\/1080x720_cmsv2_3e60351a-6073-5eca-acc6-246f4415195f-7611010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/10\/10\/1200x800_cmsv2_3e60351a-6073-5eca-acc6-246f4415195f-7611010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/10\/10\/1920x1281_cmsv2_3e60351a-6073-5eca-acc6-246f4415195f-7611010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A Russian warship is docked in the Port Sudan where a Russian naval facility is to be established, February 2021<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>However, NATO should show that its former engagement in Sudan was not a one-off affair and support ongoing logistical efforts to support humanitarian efforts to the conflict.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the argument this time around is even stronger than the one that sparked NATO's involvement in 2005, given that Russia's presence and role in the country have only expanded in recent years.<\/p>\n<h2>Sudan is much closer to Europe than most realise<\/h2><p>As the Sudanese people bravely face this storm, they do so with less coin in their pockets. The country\u2019s exports have been largely halted since.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tragically, Sudan\u2019s largest export since the start of the conflict has been refugees.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ethiopia alone is receiving roughly 1,000 refugees per day from Sudan as the fighting rages on, while as many as 800,000 may flee as a result of the conflict\u00a0\u2014\u00a0a small fraction of the refugees that the war in Ukraine has produced.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">War has taught European leaders that Kyiv is far closer to Brussels than many realised. The same is just as true about Khartoum.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//59//05//04//808x539_cmsv2_835258cf-cc21-5b36-82b3-653688e4b652-7590504.jpg/" alt=\"Peter Louis\/AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/05\/04\/384x256_cmsv2_835258cf-cc21-5b36-82b3-653688e4b652-7590504.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/05\/04\/640x427_cmsv2_835258cf-cc21-5b36-82b3-653688e4b652-7590504.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/05\/04\/750x500_cmsv2_835258cf-cc21-5b36-82b3-653688e4b652-7590504.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/05\/04\/828x552_cmsv2_835258cf-cc21-5b36-82b3-653688e4b652-7590504.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/05\/04\/1080x720_cmsv2_835258cf-cc21-5b36-82b3-653688e4b652-7590504.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/05\/04\/1200x800_cmsv2_835258cf-cc21-5b36-82b3-653688e4b652-7590504.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/05\/04\/1920x1281_cmsv2_835258cf-cc21-5b36-82b3-653688e4b652-7590504.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">People who crossed from Sudan are seen at a refugee camp in Renk County, South Sudan, 3 May 2023<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Peter Louis\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Yet, with the region facing a severe drought, those fleeing the conflict could see thousands of \u201cclimate refugees\u201d following in their footsteps.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is why humanitarian concerns should trump geopolitics in our view of the current Sudanese civil war.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Europe should act now to strengthen the humanitarian response less the conflict in Sudan destabilises the country's neighbours and, ultimately, the Southern Mediterranean.<\/p>\n<p>War has taught European leaders that Kyiv is far closer to Brussels than many realised. The same is just as true about Khartoum.<\/p>\n<p><em>Joseph Hammond is a journalist who has reported extensively from Africa, Eurasia and the Middle East, as well as a former Fulbright Public Policy Fellow.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>At Euronews, we believe all views matter. Contact us at <a href=https://www.euronews.com/news/africa/\"mailto:view@euronews.com\">view@euronews.com to send pitches or submissions and be part of the conversation.<\/em><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1684324386,"updatedAt":1684342267,"publishedAt":1684342227,"firstPublishedAt":1684342232,"lastPublishedAt":1684342267,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Euronews","altText":"Smoke seen in the capital of Sudan, Khartoum, on 22 April 2023","callToActionText":null,"width":1600,"caption":"Smoke seen in the capital of Sudan, Khartoum, on 22 April 2023","url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/10\/10\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_2491d0e3-6704-5744-855b-8aeaf283eb6e-7611010.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":900},{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Peter Louis\/AP","altText":"People who crossed from Sudan are seen at a refugee camp in Renk County, South 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Caught in the crossfire is the Sudanese population which has resisted military rule for years and is demanding a transition to democracy.","summary":"In Sudan, a bitter battle between opposing generals for power has been raging for a month. Caught in the crossfire is the Sudanese population which has resisted military rule for years and is demanding a transition to democracy.","keySentence":"","url":"sudan-no-sign-of-peace-as-fighting-escalates","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/05\/15\/sudan-no-sign-of-peace-as-fighting-escalates","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"One month after the escalation of violence in Sudan, hundreds of people have died and thousands more injured. Experts believe the number of unreported casualties is much higher. \n\nAnd looming on the horizon is a humanitarian catastrophe of unimaginable proportions. According to estimates by the United Nations World Food Programme , 19 million people - or 41% of the population - could soon\u00a0 face hunger \u00a0if the conflict cannot be brought to an end. Mathilde Vu of the non-profit organisation Norwegian Refugee Aid, told Euronews the situation is very alarming.\u00a0 \n\n\"It's hell. Everyday people [are] struggling to find water because there's no more running water, struggling to find food, struggling to move around,\" she explains. \"You know, you can be caught in the crossfire just because you want to go and buy some food and if you arrive at a shop then the prices are skyrocketing. And so everybody's running out of cash as well as the banks which have been closed for the past 46 days.\" \n\nInformation from local colleagues who the organisation tries to stay in touch with is scarce. Mobile phone networks are currently not working, and power outages are becoming more frequent after attacks on electricity plants. And looting has increased, Vu says. People are being forced to leave their homes because they have been occupied by armed groups. \n\nViolence broke out on 15 April in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, between rival military factions whose leaders had jointly swept to power in 2021. \n\nThe Sudanese army, under General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, is at war with the influential head of General Mohammed Hamdan Daglo's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces militia (RSF). They are a paramilitary group that emerged in 2013 from the notorious Janjaweed militia accused of ethnic cleansing of non-Arab minorities in the Darfur region. \n\nThe UN Organisation for Migration (IOM) estimates that at least 700,000 people have been displaced in Sudan since mid-April with the number of refugees registered in neighbouring countries standing at around 150,000. \n\n\"Every single bit of life that can exist right now is either destroyed or in jeopardy. So that's why you have a lot of people who have fled and are running towards either the border in the north, to Egypt or in the south into South Sudan or sometimes in nearby cities in the east\", Vu says. \n\nSadeia Alrasheed Ali Hamid, a Sudanese activist currently living in Saudi Arabia, descibed to Euronews the conditions in her home country:\u00a0\"We have bodies left on the street for the dogs to eat. What is this? And not just that. We have children who cannot go to hospital. They are afraid. [...] They are staying under their beds because everyone is afraid to go out just to buy food or buy anything. (...) I am hearing that they are targeting the local markets, the main local markets in Khartoum. There are some gangs there who destroy everything in the market, steal everything. And these markets have the products that people need, food supplies and everything.\" \n\nOn Friday 12 May, the warring parties signed a declaration of commitment in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to allow humanitarian aid into the country and to protect the civilian population. Something that has not been possible for security reasons since the escalation of violence.\u00a0 \n\nVu points out for aid organisations, there is another difficulty:\u00a0\u201cThe fact that cash is just non-existent right now in this country [makes it] really difficult. We have to make terrible choices like do we pay for fuel, do we pay for food, do we pay salaries? And that's really limiting the ability of an organisation to do a response at scale.\" \n\nThe prospect of an early end to the civil war seems distant - even a cease-fire has not yet been achieved. \n\nAnd there are growing concerns the conflict could spread to neighbouring countries. This is one reason why aid organisations are scrambling to focus attention on Sudan as quickly as possible.\u00a0 \n\nNeighbouring countries such as Libya, Chad and Ethiopia are struggling with their own economic challenges, and the political situation in these countries is often unstable. Add to that the clear effects of climate change and, as Vu puts it, the region is already \"extremely vulnerable to shocks.\" \n\nOne of the things that needs to happen, Vu says, is for the international community to send a very, very strong message to the warring parties, making it clear that humanitarian aid and civilian lives and civilian infrastructure need to be protected regardless of ceasefires, regardless of peace agreements.\" \n\nSudanese activist Sadeia Alrasheed Ali Hamid agrees:\u00a0\"At least right now the whole world should talk about what's happening in Sudan. We cannot even count how many deaths there have been in our country. I feel like we are being left out. Please. (...) We are part of a whole world. The whole universe. We are part of this. There is a voice here in Africa, in Sudan, calling for help.\" \n\n","htmlText":"<p>One month after the escalation of violence in Sudan, hundreds of people have died and thousands more injured. Experts believe the number of unreported casualties is much higher.<\/p>\n<p>And looming on the horizon is a humanitarian catastrophe of unimaginable proportions. According to estimates by the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.wfp.org//stories//wfp-resumes-food-assistance-crisis-torn-sudan/">United Nations World Food Programme<\/strong><\/a>, 19 million people - or 41% of the population - could soon\u00a0<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.wfp.org//news//hunger-set-hit-record-high-sudan-fighting-continues?&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=organicpost&utm_campaign=newsrelease&utm_content=staticimage%23\%22>face hunger<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0if the conflict cannot be brought to an end. Mathilde Vu of the non-profit organisation Norwegian Refugee Aid, told Euronews the situation is very alarming.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"It's hell. Everyday people [are] struggling to find water because there's no more running water, struggling to find food, struggling to move around,\" she explains. \"You know, you can be caught in the crossfire just because you want to go and buy some food and if you arrive at a shop then the prices are skyrocketing. And so everybody's running out of cash as well as the banks which have been closed for the past 46 days.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">We have bodies left on the street for the dogs to eat. What is this?<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Information from local colleagues who the organisation tries to stay in touch with is scarce. Mobile phone networks are currently not working, and power outages are becoming more frequent after attacks on electricity plants. And looting has increased, Vu says. People are being forced to leave their homes because they have been occupied by armed groups.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7590498\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//05//09//hundreds-of-thusdands-forced-to-flee-their-homes-in-sudan-amid-fighting/">Hundreds of thousands forced to flee their homes in Sudan amid fighting<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Violence broke out on 15 April in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, between rival military factions whose leaders had jointly swept to power in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The Sudanese army, under General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, is at war with the influential head of General Mohammed Hamdan Daglo's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces militia (RSF). They are a paramilitary group that emerged in 2013 from the notorious Janjaweed militia accused of ethnic cleansing of non-Arab minorities in the Darfur region.<\/p>\n<p>The UN Organisation for Migration (IOM) estimates that at least <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.internal-displacement.org//global-report//grid2022///">700,000 people have been displaced<\/strong><\/a> in Sudan since mid-April with the number of refugees registered in neighbouring countries standing at around 150,000.<\/p>\n<p>\"Every single bit of life that can exist right now is either destroyed or in jeopardy. So that's why you have a lot of people who have fled and are running towards either the border in the north, to Egypt or in the south into South Sudan or sometimes in nearby cities in the east\", Vu says.<\/p>\n<p>Sadeia Alrasheed Ali Hamid, a Sudanese activist currently living in Saudi Arabia, descibed to Euronews the conditions in her home country:\u00a0\"We have bodies left on the street for the dogs to eat. What is this? And not just that. We have children who cannot go to hospital. They are afraid. [...] They are staying under their beds because everyone is afraid to go out just to buy food or buy anything. (...) I am hearing that they are targeting the local markets, the main local markets in Khartoum. There are some gangs there who destroy everything in the market, steal everything. And these markets have the products that people need, food supplies and everything.\"<\/p>\n<p>On Friday 12 May, the warring parties signed a declaration of commitment in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to allow humanitarian aid into the country and to protect the civilian population. Something that has not been possible for security reasons since the escalation of violence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Vu points out for aid organisations, there is another difficulty:\u00a0\u201cThe fact that cash is just non-existent right now in this country [makes it] really difficult. We have to make terrible choices like do we pay for fuel, do we pay for food, do we pay salaries? And that's really limiting the ability of an organisation to do a response at scale.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1656663688856891405\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The prospect of an early end to the civil war seems distant - even a cease-fire has not yet been achieved.<\/p>\n<p>And there are growing concerns the conflict could spread to neighbouring countries. This is one reason why aid organisations are scrambling to focus attention on Sudan as quickly as possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Neighbouring countries such as Libya, Chad and Ethiopia are struggling with their own economic challenges, and the political situation in these countries is often unstable. Add to that the clear effects of climate change and, as Vu puts it, the region is already \"extremely vulnerable to shocks.\"<\/p>\n<p>One of the things that needs to happen, Vu says, is for the international community to send a very, very strong message to the warring parties, making it clear that humanitarian aid and civilian lives and civilian infrastructure need to be protected regardless of ceasefires, regardless of peace agreements.\"<\/p>\n<p>Sudanese activist Sadeia Alrasheed Ali Hamid agrees:\u00a0\"At least right now the whole world should talk about what's happening in Sudan. We cannot even count how many deaths there have been in our country. I feel like we are being left out. Please. (...) We are part of a whole world. The whole universe. We are part of this. There is a voice here in Africa, in Sudan, calling for help.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1683792981,"updatedAt":1684160673,"publishedAt":1684143995,"firstPublishedAt":1684143998,"lastPublishedAt":1684160673,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Marwan Ali\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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week.","keySentence":"","url":"sudanese-continue-to-flee-the-country-as-fighting-in-khartoum-enters-fifth-week","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/05\/15\/sudanese-continue-to-flee-the-country-as-fighting-in-khartoum-enters-fifth-week","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"As fighting in Sudan entered a fifth week, shelling and air strikes pounded parts of the capital, Khartoum, on Sunday with little sign that warring military factions were ready to back down. \n\nA witness in the west of the city reported army air strikes on paramilitary forces, as brutal urban warfare continued in Sudan's densely-populated capital. \n\nThis comes even as representatives of the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continue holding talks in Saudi Arabia aimed at preventing a \"humanitarian catastrophe\" in their country. \n\nFighting erupted on 15 April between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy turned rival Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, who commands the RSF. \n\nThe United 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An estimated 200,000 people have escaped into neighbouring countries while more than 700,000 have been internally displaced. \n\nAt the Argeen border with neighbouring Egypt, new families arrive every day, making the 1,000 kilometre journey from Khartoum through the desert in search of safety. \n\nBut not everyone has the financial means to be able to leave. \n\n\"The bus ride costs $250 a person. Then there\u2019s the official tariffs on both sides of the crossing and rental for a place to live in Egypt. Not everyone can afford this, it's a large expense,\" said evacuee Wahag Gafar Ibrahim. \n\nShe said the trip was \u201creally tiring and scary\", adding that the war in her country had \"affected everyone\". \n\nThe United Nations says over half a million people have fled Khartoum alone, with hospitals in the capital shelled and rampant looting reported as residents suffer under chronic shortages of food, electricity, and medicine. \n\nHopes for a ceasefire remain dim after multiple truces were violated in the past weeks. \n\nOn Saturday, Sudan launched a call to the international community, including the United Nations, the African Union, and other regional organisations, \"to provide humanitarian assistance\". \n\nCivilians and aid groups have repeatedly pleaded for humanitarian corridors to secure vital assistance, as aid agencies have been systematically looted and at least 18 humanitarian workers killed. \n\n","htmlText":"<p><strong>As fighting in Sudan entered a fifth week, shelling and air strikes pounded parts of the capital, Khartoum, on Sunday with little sign that warring military factions were ready to back down.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A witness in the west of the city reported army air strikes on paramilitary forces, as brutal urban warfare continued in Sudan's densely-populated capital.<\/p>\n<p>This comes even as representatives of the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continue holding talks in Saudi Arabia aimed at preventing a \"humanitarian catastrophe\" in their country.<\/p>\n<p>Fighting erupted on 15 April between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy turned rival Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, who commands the RSF.<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations said on Sunday that more than 750 people have been killed and over 5,000 others injured in the unrest, although the real death toll is expected to be much higher.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Sudanese continue to flee the ongoing fighting. An estimated 200,000 people have escaped into neighbouring countries while more than 700,000 have been internally displaced.<\/p>\n<p>At the Argeen border with neighbouring Egypt, new families arrive every day, making the 1,000 kilometre journey from Khartoum through the desert in search of safety.<\/p>\n<p>But not everyone has the financial means to be able to leave.<\/p>\n<p>\"The bus ride costs $250 a person. Then there\u2019s the official tariffs on both sides of the crossing and rental for a place to live in Egypt. Not everyone can afford this, it's a large expense,\" said evacuee Wahag Gafar Ibrahim.<\/p>\n<p>She said the trip was \u201creally tiring and scary\", adding that the war in her country had \"affected everyone\".<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations says over half a million people have fled Khartoum alone, with hospitals in the capital shelled and rampant looting reported as residents suffer under chronic shortages of food, electricity, and medicine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1657099069662326785\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hopes for a ceasefire remain dim after multiple truces were violated in the past weeks.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Sudan launched a call to the international community, including the United Nations, the African Union, and other regional organisations, \"to provide humanitarian assistance\".<\/p>\n<p>Civilians and aid groups have repeatedly pleaded for humanitarian corridors to secure vital assistance, as aid agencies have been systematically looted and at least 18 humanitarian workers killed.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1684093230,"updatedAt":1684136767,"publishedAt":1684131626,"firstPublishedAt":1684131629,"lastPublishedAt":1684131629,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"STR\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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International Organisation for Migration said on Tuesday.","keySentence":"","url":"hundreds-of-thusdands-forced-to-flee-their-homes-in-sudan-amid-fighting","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/05\/09\/hundreds-of-thusdands-forced-to-flee-their-homes-in-sudan-amid-fighting","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"More than 700,000 people have fled their homes in Sudan to escape from fighting between rival military factions, the International Organization for Migration said on Tuesday. \n\nOver 150,000 people have left the country since the conflict began on 15 April.\u00a0Last week, the UN agency said about 340,000 people were internally displaced. \n\n\"It's very difficult right now (for them) to find money,\"\u00a0 IOM spokesperson Paul Dillon said. \"The ATMs aren't working and the banking system is not functioning. Fuel is difficult to come by and expensive.\"\u00a0 \n\nAt the same briefing, the World Health Organization said 604 people had been killed and more than 5,000 injured since the violence erupted. \n\nAccording to UN estimates, an additional five million people will require humanitarian aid, bringing the total to 21 million people since the war began. \n\n\u201cNo major progress\u201d has been made at the talks in Jeddah, where the warring sides have sent representatives, a Saudi diplomat told agencies. \n\n\u201cA permanent ceasefire isn't on the table. Every side believes it is capable of winning the battle,\u201d the source said. \n\nKholood Khair, the founder of the Khartoum-based think tank Confluence Advisory, said the delegations \u201care there mostly to curry favours with the Saudis and the Americans, rather than to credibly use this platform as a means to reach an agreement\u201d. \n\nSeveral ceasefires have been breached as both sides continued to launch attacks and compete for military gain. \n\nThe aid operation in Sudan remains severely underfunded. \n\n\u201cThe only fully funded operation in the world now is in Ukraine. All other operations are catastrophically underfunded,\u201d said Jan Egeland, head of the Norwegian Refugee Council. \n\nThese events are the consequence of a fight for power since a 2021 military coup between two generals:\u00a0army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan and RSF (Rapid Support Forces) commander Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo.\u00a0 \n\nBoth generals have positioned themselves as saviours of Sudan and guardians of democracy \u2013 in a country which has known only brief democratic interludes. \n\nThe battles that began in April followed bitter disagreements between Burhan and Daglo over the planned integration of the RSF into the regular army \u2013 a key condition for a final deal aimed at resuming the democratic transition. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>More than 700,000 people have fled their homes in Sudan to escape from fighting between rival military factions, the International Organization for Migration said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Over 150,000 people have left the country since the conflict began on 15 April.\u00a0Last week, the UN agency said about 340,000 people were internally displaced.<\/p>\n<p>\"It's very difficult right now (for them) to find money,\"\u00a0 IOM spokesperson Paul Dillon said. \"The ATMs aren't working and the banking system is not functioning. Fuel is difficult to come by and expensive.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At the same briefing, the World Health Organization said 604 people had been killed and more than 5,000 injured since the violence erupted.<\/p>\n<p>According to UN estimates, an additional five million people will require humanitarian aid, bringing the total to 21 million people since the war began.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//59//04//98//808x539_cmsv2_40d6f50e-44dd-5d71-bee6-75410b30ec31-7590498.jpg/" alt=\"Amr Nabil\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/04\/98\/384x256_cmsv2_40d6f50e-44dd-5d71-bee6-75410b30ec31-7590498.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/04\/98\/640x427_cmsv2_40d6f50e-44dd-5d71-bee6-75410b30ec31-7590498.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/04\/98\/750x500_cmsv2_40d6f50e-44dd-5d71-bee6-75410b30ec31-7590498.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/04\/98\/828x552_cmsv2_40d6f50e-44dd-5d71-bee6-75410b30ec31-7590498.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/04\/98\/1080x720_cmsv2_40d6f50e-44dd-5d71-bee6-75410b30ec31-7590498.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/04\/98\/1200x800_cmsv2_40d6f50e-44dd-5d71-bee6-75410b30ec31-7590498.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/04\/98\/1920x1281_cmsv2_40d6f50e-44dd-5d71-bee6-75410b30ec31-7590498.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A Saudi commando stands alert as Yemeni evacuees disembark Saudi HMS Abha ship, coming from Port Sudan, after docking at Jeddah port, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, May 7, 2023.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Amr Nabil\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cNo major progress\u201d has been made at the talks in Jeddah, where the warring sides have sent representatives, a Saudi diplomat told agencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA permanent ceasefire isn't on the table. Every side believes it is capable of winning the battle,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n<p>Kholood Khair, the founder of the Khartoum-based think tank Confluence Advisory, said the delegations \u201care there mostly to curry favours with the Saudis and the Americans, rather than to credibly use this platform as a means to reach an agreement\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Several ceasefires have been breached as both sides continued to launch attacks and compete for military gain.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7589452,7583524,7579778\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//05//05//un-seven-children-killed-or-wounded-every-hour-in-sudan-war/">UN: Seven children killed or wounded every hour in Sudan war<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//05//09//fighting-in-khartoum-as-truce-talks-between-sudans-warring-sides-stall/">Fighting in Khartoum as truce talks between Sudan\u2019s warring sides stall <\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//05//04//sudanese-actress-asia-abdelmajid-killed-in-crossfire-in-khartoum/">Sudanese actress Asia Abdelmajid killed in crossfire in Khartoum<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The aid operation in Sudan remains severely underfunded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only fully funded operation in the world now is in Ukraine. All other operations are catastrophically underfunded,\u201d said Jan Egeland, head of the Norwegian Refugee Council.<\/p>\n<p>These events are the consequence of a fight for power since a 2021 military coup between two generals:\u00a0army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan and RSF (Rapid Support Forces) commander Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both generals have positioned themselves as saviours of Sudan and guardians of democracy \u2013 in a country which has known only brief democratic interludes.<\/p>\n<p>The battles that began in April followed bitter disagreements between Burhan and Daglo over the planned integration of the RSF into the regular army \u2013 a key condition for a final deal aimed at resuming the democratic transition.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1683624899,"updatedAt":1683641296,"publishedAt":1683640205,"firstPublishedAt":1683640208,"lastPublishedAt":1683641296,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Peter Louis\/AP","altText":"People fleeing their homes in Sudan.","callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"caption":"People fleeing their homes in Sudan.","url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/05\/04\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_835258cf-cc21-5b36-82b3-653688e4b652-7590504.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":683},{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Amr Nabil\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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No timeframe was given for the length of the talks. \n\nThe fighting has turned Sudan's capital of Khartoum and other urban areas into battlefields and pushed hundreds of thousands from their homes. There is increasing concern for those trapped and displaced by the fighting, and aid workers and civilians have said there is a dire lack of basic services, medical care, food and water. \n\nForeign governments have rushed to evacuate their diplomats and thousands of foreign nationals from Sudan. Saudi warships have been ferrying those fleeing from Port Sudan, on Sudan\u2019s Red Sea coast, which has now become the entry hub for aid sent to the embattled nation. \n\nFragile cease-fires \n\nA series of fragile and often violated cease-fires over the past three weeks has failed to stop the fighting. Fierce battles raged Friday in areas around the military\u2019s headquarters and the international airport in Khartoum, according to residents.\u00a0 \n\nAccording to the three officials, the talks in Jeddah would address the opening of humanitarian corridors in Khartoum and the adjacent city of Omdurman, which have been the centres of the battles. \n\nOne of the military officials said the talks are part of an initiative proposed by Saudi Arabia and the United States. He said they would also discuss providing protection to civilian infrastructure, including health facilities. \n\nThe RSF official said Saudi and American officials would facilitate the talks. He said they would also discuss a mechanism to monitor the cease-fire and confirmed on Friday that the RSF delegation had left for Jeddah. Sudan's military also later said its delegation had departed to Saudi Arabia, saying the talks would discuss \u201cdetails of the truce,\u201d without elaborating. \n\nUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken, meanwhile, discussed the initiative in a phone call with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said in a statement. It said the initiative aims to \u201cprepare the ground\u201d for dialogue to deescalate tensions in the African country. The statement also did not provide further details. \n\nUS State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said Blinken expressed his \u201cgratitude for Saudi Arabia\u2019s invaluable assistance in facilitating the safe arrival in Jeddah of U.S. citizens and their family members departing Sudan.\u201d \n\nThe two top diplomats \u201caffirmed their countries\u2019 intensive collaboration on diplomatic work to bring about an end to the fighting in Sudan,\u201d Miller said. \n\nThe United Nations envoy in Sudan, Volker Perthes, lauded the move as \u201ca positive sign,\u201d but cautioned about high expectations from the meeting. \n\n\u201cIt is a positive sign, a sign of getting more realistic, realizing that there will be no easy or quick win,\u201d he told the AP from Port Sudan. \u201cWe need to realize, however, that this is a first encounter.\u201d \n\nThe meeting may be \u201cexploratory rather than concrete,\u201d he said and added that achieving a \u201clasting cease-fire\u201d would need more than one meeting. \n\nAid groups warn of worsening humanitarian situation \n\nThe battle for control of Sudan, which capped months of tensions between Burhan and Dagalo, has so far killed at least 550 people, including civilians, and \u2014 as of Monday \u2014 wounded more than 4,900, according to the Sudanese Health Ministry. \n\nThe Sudanese Doctors\u2019 Syndicate, which tracks only civilian casualties, said Friday that 473 civilians have been killed in the violence, and more than 2,450 have been wounded. \n\nJames Elder, a spokesman for the UN Children's Agency, UNICEF, said at least 190 children have been killed and 1,700 have been wounded in the fighting. \n\n\u201cThis means that every single hour, you have seven boys or girls ... killed or injured,\u201d he said at a press conference Friday in Geneva. \u201cI think this is underlining the enormity of how violent this is.\u201d \n\nThe power struggle has put millions of Sudanese in the line of gun battles, artillery bombardments and airstrikes. So far, at least 334,000 people have been displaced inside Sudan, and tens of thousands more have crossed to neighbouring countries \u2014 Egypt, Chad, South Sudan, the Central African Republic and Ethiopia, according to UN agencies. \n\nThe UN World Food Program projects that the number of acutely food insecure people in Sudan will increase by between 2 million and 2.5 million people \u2013 raising the number to a total of 19 million people \u2013 in the next three to six months if the current conflict continues, UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said. 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No timeframe was given for the length of the talks.<\/p>\n<p>The fighting has turned Sudan's capital of Khartoum and other urban areas into battlefields and pushed hundreds of thousands from their homes. There is increasing concern for those trapped and displaced by the fighting, and aid workers and civilians have said there is a dire lack of basic services, medical care, food and water.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign governments have rushed to evacuate their diplomats and thousands of foreign nationals from Sudan. Saudi warships have been ferrying those fleeing from Port Sudan, on Sudan\u2019s Red Sea coast, which has now become the entry hub for aid sent to the embattled nation.<\/p>\n<h2>Fragile cease-fires<\/h2><p>A series of fragile and often violated cease-fires over the past three weeks has failed to stop the fighting. Fierce battles raged Friday in areas around the military\u2019s headquarters and the international airport in Khartoum, according to residents.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the three officials, the talks in Jeddah would address the opening of humanitarian corridors in Khartoum and the adjacent city of Omdurman, which have been the centres of the battles.<\/p>\n<p>One of the military officials said the talks are part of an initiative proposed by Saudi Arabia and the United States. He said they would also discuss providing protection to civilian infrastructure, including health facilities.<\/p>\n<p>The RSF official said Saudi and American officials would facilitate the talks. He said they would also discuss a mechanism to monitor the cease-fire and confirmed on Friday that the RSF delegation had left for Jeddah. Sudan's military also later said its delegation had departed to Saudi Arabia, saying the talks would discuss \u201cdetails of the truce,\u201d without elaborating.<\/p>\n<p>US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, meanwhile, discussed the initiative in a phone call with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said in a statement. It said the initiative aims to \u201cprepare the ground\u201d for dialogue to deescalate tensions in the African country. The statement also did not provide further details.<\/p>\n<p>US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said Blinken expressed his \u201cgratitude for Saudi Arabia\u2019s invaluable assistance in facilitating the safe arrival in Jeddah of U.S. citizens and their family members departing Sudan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two top diplomats \u201caffirmed their countries\u2019 intensive collaboration on diplomatic work to bring about an end to the fighting in Sudan,\u201d Miller said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1654658658628763649\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The United Nations envoy in Sudan, Volker Perthes, lauded the move as \u201ca positive sign,\u201d but cautioned about high expectations from the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a positive sign, a sign of getting more realistic, realizing that there will be no easy or quick win,\u201d he told the AP from Port Sudan. \u201cWe need to realize, however, that this is a first encounter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The meeting may be \u201cexploratory rather than concrete,\u201d he said and added that achieving a \u201clasting cease-fire\u201d would need more than one meeting.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Aid groups warn of worsening humanitarian situation<\/strong><\/h2><p>The battle for control of Sudan, which capped months of tensions between Burhan and Dagalo, has so far killed at least 550 people, including civilians, and \u2014 as of Monday \u2014 wounded more than 4,900, according to the Sudanese Health Ministry.<\/p>\n<p>The Sudanese Doctors\u2019 Syndicate, which tracks only civilian casualties, said Friday that 473 civilians have been killed in the violence, and more than 2,450 have been wounded.<\/p>\n<p>James Elder, a spokesman for the UN Children's Agency, UNICEF, said at least 190 children have been killed and 1,700 have been wounded in the fighting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis means that every single hour, you have seven boys or girls ... killed or injured,\u201d he said at a press conference Friday in Geneva. \u201cI think this is underlining the enormity of how violent this is.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1654559814205186049\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The power struggle has put millions of Sudanese in the line of gun battles, artillery bombardments and airstrikes. 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Others have been driven in packed buses and trucks, seeking shelter in Egypt, Sudan\u2019s northern neighbour. \n\n\u201cMuch of the capital has become empty,\u201d said Abdalla al-Fatih, a Khartoum resident, \u201call (residents of) our street fled the war.\u201d \n\nThe fighting, now in its third week, has turned Khartoum and its neighbouring city of Omdurman into a battlefield. Fierce clashes taking place inside residential neighbourhoods that have become \u201cghost areas,\u201d residents say. \n\nThe conflict, which capped months of worsening tensions, pits the military, led by Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, against a rival paramilitary group, called the Rapid Support Forces, commanded by Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. \n\nAl-Fatih\u2019s family managed to get out of Khartoum over the weekend after they spent the past two weeks trapped in their home in Khartoum\u2019s neighbourhood of Kafouri, a major flashpoint since the fighting broke out on 15 April. \n\nThey arrived in Port Sudan late Monday, after an exhausting 20-hour trip, he said. There, they found thousands, including many women and children, camping outside the port area. Many had been there for more than a week, with no food and other services, he said. \n\nPort Sudan has become a hub for foreign governments to evacuate their citizens air and sea. \n\nAt the congested crossing points with Egypt, thousands of families have waited for days inside buses or sought temporary shelter in the border city of Wadi Halfa to finalize their paperwork to be allowed into Egypt. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Many exhausted Sudanese and foreigners arrived in Port Sudan, the country's main seaport, joining thousands who have waited for days to be evacuated out of the chaos-stricken nation. Others have been driven in packed buses and trucks, seeking shelter in Egypt, Sudan\u2019s northern neighbour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMuch of the capital has become empty,\u201d said Abdalla al-Fatih, a Khartoum resident, \u201call (residents of) our street fled the war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The fighting, now in its third week, has turned Khartoum and its neighbouring city of Omdurman into a battlefield. Fierce clashes taking place inside residential neighbourhoods that have become \u201cghost areas,\u201d residents say.<\/p>\n<p>The conflict, which capped months of worsening tensions, pits the military, led by Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, against a rival paramilitary group, called the Rapid Support Forces, commanded by Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7572550,7571042,7555196\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//05//01//hopes-that-sudan-peace-talks-could-take-place-in-saudi-arabia/">Hopes that Sudan peace talks could take place in Saudi Arabia<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//05//01//sudans-army-and-rival-extend-truce-despite-ongoing-clashes/">Sudan's army and rival RSF extend truce despite ongoing clashes<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//04//27//why-is-russias-wagner-group-in-sudan-and-what-does-it-have-to-do-with-the-war-in-ukraine/">Why is Russia's Wagner Group in Sudan, and what does it have to do with the war in Ukraine? <\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Al-Fatih\u2019s family managed to get out of Khartoum over the weekend after they spent the past two weeks trapped in their home in Khartoum\u2019s neighbourhood of Kafouri, a major flashpoint since the fighting broke out on 15 April.<\/p>\n<p>They arrived in Port Sudan late Monday, after an exhausting 20-hour trip, he said. There, they found thousands, including many women and children, camping outside the port area. Many had been there for more than a week, with no food and other services, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Port Sudan has become a hub for foreign governments to evacuate their citizens air and sea.<\/p>\n<p>At the congested crossing points with Egypt, thousands of families have waited for days inside buses or sought temporary shelter in the border city of Wadi Halfa to finalize their paperwork to be allowed into Egypt.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1682971314,"updatedAt":1683022955,"publishedAt":1683022953,"firstPublishedAt":1683022955,"lastPublishedAt":1683022955,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Marwan Ali\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.","altText":"Smoke is seen in Khartoum, Sudan, Saturday, April 22, 2023. Khartoum, a city of some 5 million people.","callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"caption":"Smoke is seen in Khartoum, Sudan, Saturday, April 22, 2023. Khartoum, a city of some 5 million people.","url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/57\/10\/52\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_66ea85d7-a782-51c9-997f-068006a6686b-7571052.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":683},{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Donaig Le Du\/ Notice: UNICEF photographs are copyrighted and may not be reproduced in any medium without written permission from authorized","altText":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"caption":null,"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/57\/33\/92\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_93729d4b-03be-5f40-b8a4-dbf7c062b205-7573392.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":683}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"urlSafeValue":"sudan","titleRaw":"Sudan","id":8029,"title":"Sudan","slug":"sudan"},{"urlSafeValue":"ceasefire","titleRaw":"Ceasefire","id":5110,"title":"Ceasefire","slug":"ceasefire"},{"urlSafeValue":"humanitarian-crisis","titleRaw":"Humanitarian crisis","id":9419,"title":"Humanitarian crisis","slug":"humanitarian-crisis"},{"urlSafeValue":"refugees","titleRaw":"Refugees","id":8151,"title":"Refugees","slug":"refugees"},{"urlSafeValue":"armed-conflicts","titleRaw":"Armed conflicts","id":7898,"title":"Armed conflicts","slug":"armed-conflicts"}],"widgets":[{"count":1,"slug":"related"}],"related":[{"id":2265220}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"video":1,"videos":[{"duration":20000,"editor":"","filesizeBytes":0,"format":"mp4","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/med\/EN\/NW\/SU\/23\/05\/01\/en\/230501_NWSU_51457687_51457967_75000_165715_en.mp4","expiresAt":0,"quality":"md"},{"duration":20000,"editor":"","filesizeBytes":0,"format":"mp4","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/EN\/NW\/SU\/23\/05\/01\/en\/230501_NWSU_51457687_51457967_75000_165715_en.mp4","expiresAt":0,"quality":"hd"}],"liveStream":[{"endDate":0,"startDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"AP","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Euronews","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"world news","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"urlSafeValue":"news","id":1,"title":"News","slug":"news"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"urlSafeValue":"news","id":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":3,"urlSafeValue":"africa","title":"Africa"},"country":{"id":263,"urlSafeValue":"sudan","title":"Sudan","url":"\/news\/africa\/sudan"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'gb_death_injury_news-ent','gs_war_conflict','gs_politics','gv_military','gt_negative','gt_negative_anger','gs_society'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"daletEventName":"SUDAN UPDATE MORE SHELLING","path":"\/2023\/05\/02\/more-than-330000-internally-displaced-by-fighting-in-sudan-un","lastModified":1683022955},{"id":2262184,"cid":7572550,"versionId":2,"archive":0,"housenumber":"230501_NWSU_51457687","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Hopes that Sudan peace talks could take place in Saudi Arabia","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Saudi Arabia could host peace talks with warring parties from Sudan","titleListing2":"Hopes that Sudan peace talks could take place in Saudi Arabia","leadin":"There are hopes that the two sides in the Sudan crisis could meet for peace talks in Saudi Arabia. However, there have also been warnings that fighting could break out again with very little warning.","summary":"There are hopes that the two sides in the Sudan crisis could meet for peace talks in Saudi Arabia. However, there have also been warnings that fighting could break out again with very little warning.","keySentence":"","url":"hopes-that-sudan-peace-talks-could-take-place-in-saudi-arabia","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/05\/01\/hopes-that-sudan-peace-talks-could-take-place-in-saudi-arabia","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Sudan's warring generals have agreed to send representatives for negotiations, potentially in Saudi Arabia, the United Nations' top official in the country told The Associated Press on Monday, even as the two sides clashed in the capital despite another three-day extension of a fragile cease-fire. \n\nIf the talks come together, they would initially focus on establishing a \"stable and reliable\" cease-fire monitored by national and international observers, Volker Perthes said, but he warned there were still challenges in holding the negotiations. A string of temporary truces over the past week has eased fighting only in some areas, but in others, fierce battles have continued to drive civilians from their homes and push the country into disaster. \n\nHumanitarian aid \n\nHumanitarian groups have been trying to restore the flow of help to a country where nearly a third of the population of 46 million relied on international aid even before the explosion of violence. The UN food agency on Monday said it was ending the temporary suspension of its operations in Sudan, put in place after three of its team members were killed in the war-wrecked Darfur region early in the fighting. \n\nThe World Food Program will resume food distribution in four provinces \u2014 al-Qadaref, Gezira, Kassala and White Nile \u2014 working in areas where security permits, said Executive Director Cindy McCain said in a statement. The numbers of those in need of help will \"grow significantly as fighting continues,\" she said. \"To best protect our necessary humanitarian workers and the people of Sudan, the fighting must stop.'' \n\nA day earlier, the International Committee of the Red Cross flew in a planeload of medical supplies to bring some relief to hospitals overwhelmed by the mayhem. \n\nThe United States conducted its first evacuation of American civilians from Sudan. Watched over by US\u00a0military drones, a group of Americans made the perilous journey by road from the capital, Khartoum, to the Red Sea city of Port Sudan. On Monday, a US Navy fast transport ship took 308 evacuees from Port Sudan to the Saudi port of Jeddah, according to Saudi officials. \n\nDirect talks, if they take place, would be the first major sign of progress since fighting erupted on April 15 between the army and a rival paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces. For much of the conflict, army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan and RSF commander Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo have appeared determined to fight to the end. \n\nTheir struggle for power has put millions of Sudanese in the middle of gun battles, artillery bombardments and airstrikes. Around 530 people, including civilians and combatants, have been killed in the conflict, with another 4,500 wounded, the Sudanese Health Ministry said. Tens of thousands have fled Khartoum and other cities, and more than two-thirds of hospitals in areas with active fighting are out of service, with fighters looting the dwindling supplies. \n\nExplosions in Khartoum \n\nExplosions and gunfire echoed in parts of Khartoum and its neighbouring city, Omdurman, on Monday, residents said, hours after the two sides committed to the 72-hour cease-fire extension. \n\nAtiya Abdalla Atiya, Secretary of the Doctors' Syndicate, said the fighting raged early Monday in different areas in the capital, including the military's headquarters, the Republican Palace, and the international airport. There were also clashes in the upscale neighbourhood of Kafouri, he said. \n\nMany hospitals in the capital remained out of service or inaccessible because of the fighting, while others have been occupied by the warring factions, particularly the RSF, he said. \n\nThe United States and Saudi Arabia have led an international push to get the generals to stop fighting, then engage in deeper negotiations to resolve the crisis. \n\nSpeaking from Port Sudan, the UN envoy Perthes said they still face daunting challenges in getting the two sides to abide by a real halt in fighting where violations are prevented. One possibility was to establish a monitoring mechanism that includes Sudanese and foreign observers, \"but that has to be negotiated,\" he said. \n\nExtending the cease-fire \n\nTalks on entrenching the cease-fire could take place in either Saudi Arabia or South Sudan, he said, adding that the former may be easier logistically since it has close ties to both sides. \n\nBut even arranging talks in Saudi Arabia has challenges, he said, since each side needs safe passage through territory of the other to reach talks. \"That is very difficult in a situation where there is a lack of trust,\" he said. \n\nThe eruption of fighting capped months of worsening disputes between Burhan and Dagalo as the international community tried to work out a deal for establishing civilian rule. \n\n\"We all saw the enormous tensions,\" Perthes said. \"But very concretely, we have to say that our efforts to de-escalate did not succeed.\" He said he had been warning repeatedly that \"any single spark\" could cause the power struggle to explode. \n\nPerthes warned of a \"major humanitarian crisis\" as people were running out of food and fresh water in Khartoum and fighting damaged water systems. \n\nA real cease-fire is vital to getting access to residents who are trapped in their homes or injured, he said. \"If we don't get a stable cease-fire, then it means that the humanitarian situation will be even worse.\" \n\nHe also warned the fighting could pull in other armed factions in a country where multiple groups have fought several civil wars over the past decade. \"And that could transform into a broader confrontation between different groups and communities and militias in the country,\" he said.\u00a0 \n\nMore than 500 people have been killed in the fighting, with many foreign nationals and Sudanese people fleeing the country. It is reported that 20,000 have sought refuge in neighbouring Chad. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Sudan's warring generals have agreed to send representatives for negotiations, potentially in Saudi Arabia, the United Nations' top official in the country told The Associated Press on Monday, even as the two sides clashed in the capital despite another three-day extension of a fragile cease-fire.<\/p>\n<p>If the talks come together, they would initially focus on establishing a \"stable and reliable\" cease-fire monitored by national and international observers, Volker Perthes said, but he warned there were still challenges in holding the negotiations. A string of temporary truces over the past week has eased fighting only in some areas, but in others, fierce battles have continued to drive civilians from their homes and push the country into disaster.<\/p>\n<h2>Humanitarian aid<\/h2><p>Humanitarian groups have been trying to restore the flow of help to a country where nearly a third of the population of 46 million relied on international aid even before the explosion of violence. The UN food agency on Monday said it was ending the temporary suspension of its operations in Sudan, put in place after three of its team members were killed in the war-wrecked Darfur region early in the fighting.<\/p>\n<p>The World Food Program will resume food distribution in four provinces \u2014 al-Qadaref, Gezira, Kassala and White Nile \u2014 working in areas where security permits, said Executive Director Cindy McCain said in a statement. The numbers of those in need of help will \"grow significantly as fighting continues,\" she said. \"To best protect our necessary humanitarian workers and the people of Sudan, the fighting must stop.''<\/p>\n<p>A day earlier, the International Committee of the Red Cross flew in a planeload of medical supplies to bring some relief to hospitals overwhelmed by the mayhem.<\/p>\n<p>The United States conducted its first evacuation of American civilians from Sudan. Watched over by US\u00a0military drones, a group of Americans made the perilous journey by road from the capital, Khartoum, to the Red Sea city of Port Sudan. On Monday, a US Navy fast transport ship took 308 evacuees from Port Sudan to the Saudi port of Jeddah, according to Saudi officials.<\/p>\n<p>Direct talks, if they take place, would be the first major sign of progress since fighting erupted on April 15 between the army and a rival paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces. For much of the conflict, army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan and RSF commander Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo have appeared determined to fight to the end.<\/p>\n<p>Their struggle for power has put millions of Sudanese in the middle of gun battles, artillery bombardments and airstrikes. Around 530 people, including civilians and combatants, have been killed in the conflict, with another 4,500 wounded, the Sudanese Health Ministry said. Tens of thousands have fled Khartoum and other cities, and more than two-thirds of hospitals in areas with active fighting are out of service, with fighters looting the dwindling supplies.<\/p>\n<h2>Explosions in Khartoum<\/h2><p>Explosions and gunfire echoed in parts of Khartoum and its neighbouring city, Omdurman, on Monday, residents said, hours after the two sides committed to the 72-hour cease-fire extension.<\/p>\n<p>Atiya Abdalla Atiya, Secretary of the Doctors' Syndicate, said the fighting raged early Monday in different areas in the capital, including the military's headquarters, the Republican Palace, and the international airport. There were also clashes in the upscale neighbourhood of Kafouri, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Many hospitals in the capital remained out of service or inaccessible because of the fighting, while others have been occupied by the warring factions, particularly the RSF, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The United States and Saudi Arabia have led an international push to get the generals to stop fighting, then engage in deeper negotiations to resolve the crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking from Port Sudan, the UN envoy Perthes said they still face daunting challenges in getting the two sides to abide by a real halt in fighting where violations are prevented. One possibility was to establish a monitoring mechanism that includes Sudanese and foreign observers, \"but that has to be negotiated,\" he said.<\/p>\n<h2>Extending the cease-fire<\/h2><p>Talks on entrenching the cease-fire could take place in either Saudi Arabia or South Sudan, he said, adding that the former may be easier logistically since it has close ties to both sides.<\/p>\n<p>But even arranging talks in Saudi Arabia has challenges, he said, since each side needs safe passage through territory of the other to reach talks. \"That is very difficult in a situation where there is a lack of trust,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>The eruption of fighting capped months of worsening disputes between Burhan and Dagalo as the international community tried to work out a deal for establishing civilian rule.<\/p>\n<p>\"We all saw the enormous tensions,\" Perthes said. \"But very concretely, we have to say that our efforts to de-escalate did not succeed.\" He said he had been warning repeatedly that \"any single spark\" could cause the power struggle to explode.<\/p>\n<p>Perthes warned of a \"major humanitarian crisis\" as people were running out of food and fresh water in Khartoum and fighting damaged water systems.<\/p>\n<p>A real cease-fire is vital to getting access to residents who are trapped in their homes or injured, he said. \"If we don't get a stable cease-fire, then it means that the humanitarian situation will be even worse.\"<\/p>\n<p>He also warned the fighting could pull in other armed factions in a country where multiple groups have fought several civil wars over the past decade. \"And that could transform into a broader confrontation between different groups and communities and militias in the country,\" he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More than 500 people have been killed in the fighting, with many foreign nationals and Sudanese people fleeing the country. It is reported that 20,000 have sought refuge in neighbouring Chad.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1682944956,"updatedAt":1683016806,"publishedAt":1682950048,"firstPublishedAt":1682950061,"lastPublishedAt":1683016144,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Smowal Abdalla\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.","altText":"American nationals are searched by the U.S. soldiers before boarding a ship in Port Sudan, Sunday, April 30, 2023. ","callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"caption":"American nationals are searched by the U.S. soldiers before boarding a ship in Port Sudan, Sunday, April 30, 2023. ","url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/57\/25\/50\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_9cd4e5da-023d-5938-a409-2185f507d809-7572550.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":683}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"urlSafeValue":"rsf","titleRaw":"RSF - Sudan","id":28432,"title":"RSF - Sudan","slug":"rsf"},{"urlSafeValue":"protests-in-sudan","titleRaw":"protests in sudan","id":19146,"title":"protests in sudan","slug":"protests-in-sudan"},{"urlSafeValue":"saudi-arabia","titleRaw":"Saudi Arabia","id":243,"title":"Saudi Arabia","slug":"saudi-arabia"}],"widgets":[],"related":[{"id":2264592},{"id":2265220}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"wv4A1JliDBI","dailymotionId":"x8kkhj3"},"video":1,"videos":[{"duration":75000,"editor":"","filesizeBytes":9871720,"format":"mp4","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/med\/EN\/NW\/SU\/23\/05\/01\/en\/230501_NWSU_51457687_51457967_75000_165715_en.mp4","expiresAt":0,"quality":"md"},{"duration":75000,"editor":"","filesizeBytes":14775656,"format":"mp4","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/EN\/NW\/SU\/23\/05\/01\/en\/230501_NWSU_51457687_51457967_75000_165715_en.mp4","expiresAt":0,"quality":"hd"}],"liveStream":[{"endDate":0,"startDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"AP, AFP","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Euronews","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"world news","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"urlSafeValue":"news","id":1,"title":"News","slug":"news"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"urlSafeValue":"news","id":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":3,"urlSafeValue":"africa","title":"Africa"},"country":{"id":263,"urlSafeValue":"sudan","title":"Sudan","url":"\/news\/africa\/sudan"},"town":{"id":3661,"urlSafeValue":"khartoum","title":"Khartoum"},"grapeshot":"'neg_facebook_2021','neg_mobkoi_castrol','gb_death_injury_news-ent','castrol_negative_uk','neg_facebook','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','pos_ukraine-russia','gs_politics','gt_negative','sm_politics','neg_facebook_q4','gv_military','gs_war_conflict','gv_death_injury','gs_busfin','gt_negative_fear','gt_negative_anger','gb_arms_news-ent','gs_health_misc','gs_busfin_business'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"daletEventName":"SUDAN UPDATE","path":"\/2023\/05\/01\/hopes-that-sudan-peace-talks-could-take-place-in-saudi-arabia","lastModified":1683016144},{"id":2261646,"cid":7571042,"versionId":3,"archive":0,"housenumber":"230501_NWSU_51451832","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Sudan's army and rival RSF extend truce despite ongoing clashes","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Sudan's army and rival RSF extend truce despite ongoing clashes","titleListing2":"Sudan's army and rival RSF extend truce despite ongoing clashes","leadin":"Sudan's army and its rival, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said Sunday they would extend a humanitarian cease-fire for a further 72 hours. The decision follows international pressure to allow the safe passage of civilians and aid, but the shaky truce has not stopped the clashes so far.","summary":"Sudan's army and its rival, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said Sunday they would extend a humanitarian cease-fire for a further 72 hours. The decision follows international pressure to allow the safe passage of civilians and aid, but the shaky truce has not stopped the clashes so far.","keySentence":"","url":"sudans-army-and-rival-extend-truce-despite-ongoing-clashes","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/05\/01\/sudans-army-and-rival-extend-truce-despite-ongoing-clashes","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Both sides have accused the other of violations. The agreement has de-escalated the fighting in some areas but violence continues to push civilians to flee. Aid groups have also struggled to get badly needed supplies into the country. \n\nThe conflict erupted on 15 April between the nation\u2019s army and its paramilitary force and threatens to thrust Sudan into a raging civil war. The UN warned on Sunday that the humanitarian crisis in Sudan was at \u201ca breaking point.\u201d \n\n\u201cThe scale and speed of what is unfolding in Sudan is unprecedented,\u201d the UN\u2019s humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said in a statement. \n\nHe said water and food are becoming increasingly hard to find in the country\u2019s cities, especially the capital, Khartoum, and that the lack of basic medical care means many could die of preventable causes. Griffiths said that \u201cmassive looting\u201d of aid supplies has hindered efforts to help civilians. \n\nEarlier Sunday, an aircraft carrying eight tons of emergency medical aid landed in Sudan to resupply hospitals devastated by the fighting, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross, which organised the shipment. It arrived as the civilian death toll from the countrywide violence topped 400 and aid groups warned that the humanitarian situation was becoming increasingly dire. \n\nMore than two-thirds of hospitals in areas with active fighting are out of service, a national doctors' association has said, citing a shortage of medical supplies, health workers, water and electricity. \n\nThe air-lifted supplies, including anaesthetics, dressings, sutures and other surgical materials, are enough to treat more than 1,000 people wounded in the conflict, the ICRC said. The aircraft took off earlier in the day from Jordan and safely landed in the city of Port Sudan, it said. \n\n\u201cThe hope is to get this material to some of the most critically busy hospitals in the capital\u201d of Khartoum and other hot spots, said Patrick Youssef, ICRC\u2019s regional director for Africa. \n\nThe Sudan Doctors\u2019 Syndicate, which monitors casualties, said Sunday that over the past two weeks, 425 civilians were killed and 2,091 wounded. The Sudanese Health Ministry on Saturday put the overall death toll, including fighters, at 528, with 4,500 wounded. \n\nSome of the deadliest battles have raged across Khartoum. The fighting pits the army chief, Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, against Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, the head of a paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces. \n\nThe generals, both with powerful foreign backers, were allies in an October 2021 military coup that halted Sudan's fitful transition to democracy, but they have since turned on each other. \n\nOrdinary Sudanese have been caught in the crossfire. Tens of thousands have fled to neighbouring countries, including Chad and Egypt, while others remain pinned down with dwindling supplies. Thousands of foreigners have been evacuated in airlifts and land convoys. \n\nOn Sunday, fighting continued in different parts of the capital where residents hiding in their homes reported hearing artillery fire. There have been lulls in the fighting, but never a fully observed cease-fire, despite repeated attempts by international mediators. \n\nOver the weekend, residents reported that shops were reopening and normalcy gradually returning in some areas of Khartoum as the scale of fighting dwindled after yet another shaky truce. But in other areas, terrified residents reported explosions thundering around them and fighters ransacking houses. \n\nYoussef, the ICRC official, said the agency has been in contact with the top command of both sides to ensure that medical assistance could reach hospitals safely. \n\n\u201cWith this news today, we are really hoping that this becomes part of a steady coordination mechanism to allow other flights to come in,\u201d he said. \n\nYoussef said more medical aid was ready to be flown into Khartoum pending necessary clearances and security guarantees. \n\nSudan\u2019s healthcare system is near collapse with dozens of hospitals out of service. Multiple aid agencies have had to suspend operations and evacuated employees. \n\nOn Sunday, a second US-government organized convoy arrived in Port Sudan, said State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller. He said the US is assisting American citizens and \u201cothers who are eligible\u201d to leave for Saudi Arabia where US personnel are located. There were no details on how many people were in the convoy or specific assistance the US provided. \n\nMost of the estimated 16,000 Americans believed to be in Sudan right now are dual US-Sudanese nationals. The Defence Department said in a statement on Saturday it was moving naval assets toward Sudan's coast to support further evacuations. \n\nMeanwhile, Britain has announced that an extra evacuation flight will depart from Port Sudan on Monday, extending what it called the largest evacuation effort of any Western country from Sudan. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Both sides have accused the other of violations. The agreement has de-escalated the fighting in some areas but violence continues to push civilians to flee. Aid groups have also struggled to get badly needed supplies into the country.<\/p>\n<p>The conflict erupted on 15 April between the nation\u2019s army and its paramilitary force and threatens to thrust Sudan into a raging civil war. The UN warned on Sunday that the humanitarian crisis in Sudan was at \u201ca breaking point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe scale and speed of what is unfolding in Sudan is unprecedented,\u201d the UN\u2019s humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>He said water and food are becoming increasingly hard to find in the country\u2019s cities, especially the capital, Khartoum, and that the lack of basic medical care means many could die of preventable causes. Griffiths said that \u201cmassive looting\u201d of aid supplies has hindered efforts to help civilians.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//57//10//42//808x539_cmsv2_eee3b5c5-5a86-5a9c-b87c-7c253f83a211-7571042.jpg/" alt=\"Marwan Ali\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Earlier Sunday, an aircraft carrying eight tons of emergency medical aid landed in Sudan to resupply hospitals devastated by the fighting, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross, which organised the shipment. It arrived as the civilian death toll from the countrywide violence topped 400 and aid groups warned that the humanitarian situation was becoming increasingly dire.<\/p>\n<p>More than two-thirds of hospitals in areas with active fighting are out of service, a national doctors' association has said, citing a shortage of medical supplies, health workers, water and electricity.<\/p>\n<p>The air-lifted supplies, including anaesthetics, dressings, sutures and other surgical materials, are enough to treat more than 1,000 people wounded in the conflict, the ICRC said. The aircraft took off earlier in the day from Jordan and safely landed in the city of Port Sudan, it said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe hope is to get this material to some of the most critically busy hospitals in the capital\u201d of Khartoum and other hot spots, said Patrick Youssef, ICRC\u2019s regional director for Africa.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7569450,7565922\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//04//30//as-battle-for-sudan-continues-civilian-deaths-top-400/">As battle for Sudan continues, civilian deaths top 400<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//04//28//eu-citizens-continue-to-be-brought-to-safety-amid-ongoing-unrest-in-sudan/">EU citizens continue to be brought to safety amid ongoing unrest in Sudan<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Sudan Doctors\u2019 Syndicate, which monitors casualties, said Sunday that over the past two weeks, 425 civilians were killed and 2,091 wounded. The Sudanese Health Ministry on Saturday put the overall death toll, including fighters, at 528, with 4,500 wounded.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the deadliest battles have raged across Khartoum. The fighting pits the army chief, Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, against Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, the head of a paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces.<\/p>\n<p>The generals, both with powerful foreign backers, were allies in an October 2021 military coup that halted Sudan's fitful transition to democracy, but they have since turned on each other.<\/p>\n<p>Ordinary Sudanese have been caught in the crossfire. Tens of thousands have fled to neighbouring countries, including Chad and Egypt, while others remain pinned down with dwindling supplies. Thousands of foreigners have been evacuated in airlifts and land convoys.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.75\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//57//10//42//808x608_cmsv2_a8315dde-6c1b-545c-85a3-e57e73460a12-7571042.jpg/" alt=\"Smowal Abdalla\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/57\/10\/42\/384x288_cmsv2_a8315dde-6c1b-545c-85a3-e57e73460a12-7571042.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/57\/10\/42\/640x480_cmsv2_a8315dde-6c1b-545c-85a3-e57e73460a12-7571042.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/57\/10\/42\/750x563_cmsv2_a8315dde-6c1b-545c-85a3-e57e73460a12-7571042.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/57\/10\/42\/828x621_cmsv2_a8315dde-6c1b-545c-85a3-e57e73460a12-7571042.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/57\/10\/42\/1080x810_cmsv2_a8315dde-6c1b-545c-85a3-e57e73460a12-7571042.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/57\/10\/42\/1200x900_cmsv2_a8315dde-6c1b-545c-85a3-e57e73460a12-7571042.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/57\/10\/42\/1920x1440_cmsv2_a8315dde-6c1b-545c-85a3-e57e73460a12-7571042.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">American nationals are searched by the U.S. soldiers before boarding a ship in Port Sudan, Sunday, April 30, 2023.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Smowal Abdalla\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>On Sunday, fighting continued in different parts of the capital where residents hiding in their homes reported hearing artillery fire. There have been lulls in the fighting, but never a fully observed cease-fire, despite repeated attempts by international mediators.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, residents reported that shops were reopening and normalcy gradually returning in some areas of Khartoum as the scale of fighting dwindled after yet another shaky truce. But in other areas, terrified residents reported explosions thundering around them and fighters ransacking houses.<\/p>\n<p>Youssef, the ICRC official, said the agency has been in contact with the top command of both sides to ensure that medical assistance could reach hospitals safely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this news today, we are really hoping that this becomes part of a steady coordination mechanism to allow other flights to come in,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Youssef said more medical aid was ready to be flown into Khartoum pending necessary clearances and security guarantees.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7555196\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//04//27//why-is-russias-wagner-group-in-sudan-and-what-does-it-have-to-do-with-the-war-in-ukraine/">Why is Russia's Wagner Group in Sudan, and what does it have to do with the war in Ukraine? <\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Sudan\u2019s healthcare system is near collapse with dozens of hospitals out of service. Multiple aid agencies have had to suspend operations and evacuated employees.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, a second US-government organized convoy arrived in Port Sudan, said State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller. He said the US is assisting American citizens and \u201cothers who are eligible\u201d to leave for Saudi Arabia where US personnel are located. There were no details on how many people were in the convoy or specific assistance the US provided.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the estimated 16,000 Americans believed to be in Sudan right now are dual US-Sudanese nationals. The Defence Department said in a statement on Saturday it was moving naval assets toward Sudan's coast to support further evacuations.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Britain has announced that an extra evacuation flight will depart from Port Sudan on Monday, extending what it called the largest evacuation effort of any Western country from Sudan.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1682901893,"updatedAt":1682929225,"publishedAt":1682915797,"firstPublishedAt":1682915799,"lastPublishedAt":1682921022,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Marwan Ali\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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In some areas in and around the capital, residents reported that shops were reopening and normalcy gradually returning as the scale of fighting dwindled after the shaky truce. But in other areas, terrified residents reported explosions thundering around them and fighters ransacking houses. \n\nNow in its third week, the fighting has wounded 2,023 civilians, the syndicate added, although the true toll is expected to be much higher. The Sudanese Health Ministry put the overall death toll, including fighters, at 528, with 4,500 wounded. In the city of Genena, the provincial capital of war-ravaged West Darfur, intensified violence has killed 89 people, the Doctors' Syndicate said. \n\nKhartoum, a city of some five million people, has been transformed into a front line in the grinding conflict between Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, the commander of Sudan\u2019s military, and Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, who leads the powerful paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces. The outbreak of violence has dashed once-euphoric hopes for a democratic transition in Sudan after a popular uprising helped oust former dictator Omar al-Bashir. \n\nForeign countries continued to evacuate their citizens while hundreds of thousands of Sudanese fled across borders. The first convoy organised by the United States to evacuate hundreds of American citizens from the conflict reached the coastal city of Port Sudan Saturday after a dangerous overland journey escorted by armed drones. \n\nBritain, meanwhile, ended its evacuation flights Saturday, after demand for spots on the planes declined. The United Arab Emirates announced Saturday it had started evacuating its own citizens along with nationals of 16 other countries. \n\nMore than 50,000 Sudanese refugees - mostly women and children - have crossed over to Chad, Egypt, South Sudan and the Central African Republic, the United Nations said, raising fears of regional instability. Ethnic fighting and turmoil have scarred South Sudan and the Central African Republic for years while a 2021 coup has derailed Chad's own democratic transition. \n\nThose who escape the fighting in Khartoum face more dangers on their way to safety. The route to Port Sudan, where ships evacuate people via the Red Sea, has proven long, exhausting and risky. Hatim el-Madani, a former journalist, said that paramilitary fighters were stopping refugees at roadblocks outside Khartoum, demanding they hand over their phones and valuables. \n\n\u201cThere's an outlaw, bandit-like nature to the RSF,\u201d he said, referring to Dagalo's Rapid Support Forces. \u201cThey don't have a supply line in place. That could get worse in the coming days.\u201d \n\nAirlifts from the country amid the chaotic fighting also posed challenges, with a Turkish evacuation plane even hit by gunfire outside Khartoum on Friday. \n\nOn Saturday - despite a cease-fire extended under heavy international pressure early Friday - clashes continued around the presidential palace, headquarters of the state broadcaster and a military base in Khartoum, residents said. The battles sent thick columns of black smoke billowing over the city skyline. \n\nBut in other areas, residents reported signs that the cease-fire had taken hold. \n\n\u201cWe are not hearing the bombs as we did before, so we're hoping that this means they will go back to a political process,\u201d said Osman Mirgany, a columnist and editor of the daily al-Tayar, who assessed it was safe enough on Friday to return home to Khartoum after seeking refuge in a far-flung village. \n\nBut Khartoum residents are forced to live side by side with armed fighters. Many RSF militants have moved into civilian homes and taken over stores and hospitals in the capital. The paramilitary group even transformed Mirgany's newsroom into a makeshift base, he said. Residents also must cope without sufficient electricity and running water, among other basic supplies. \n\n\u201cFor the past 14 days we've suffered from a lack of everything,\u201d Mirgany said. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>With ordinary Sudanese caught in the crossfire, the civilian death toll jumped Saturday to 411 people, according to the Sudan Doctors' Syndicate, which monitors casualties. In some areas in and around the capital, residents reported that shops were reopening and normalcy gradually returning as the scale of fighting dwindled after the shaky truce. But in other areas, terrified residents reported explosions thundering around them and fighters ransacking houses.<\/p>\n<p>Now in its third week, the fighting has wounded 2,023 civilians, the syndicate added, although the true toll is expected to be much higher. The Sudanese Health Ministry put the overall death toll, including fighters, at 528, with 4,500 wounded. In the city of Genena, the provincial capital of war-ravaged West Darfur, intensified violence has killed 89 people, the Doctors' Syndicate said.<\/p>\n<p>Khartoum, a city of some five million people, has been transformed into a front line in the grinding conflict between Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, the commander of Sudan\u2019s military, and Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, who leads the powerful paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces. The outbreak of violence has dashed once-euphoric hopes for a democratic transition in Sudan after a popular uprising helped oust former dictator Omar al-Bashir.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7568324,7565922,7565346\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//04//29//heavy-clashes-rock-sudans-capital-despite-truce-extension/">Heavy clashes rock Sudan\u2019s capital despite truce extension<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//04//28//eu-citizens-continue-to-be-brought-to-safety-amid-ongoing-unrest-in-sudan/">EU citizens continue to be brought to safety amid ongoing unrest in Sudan<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//04//28//sudans-warring-factions-agree-to-extend-truce-but-fighting-goes-on/">Sudan's warring factions agree to extend truce but fighting goes on<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Foreign countries continued to evacuate their citizens while hundreds of thousands of Sudanese fled across borders. The first convoy organised by the United States to evacuate hundreds of American citizens from the conflict reached the coastal city of Port Sudan Saturday after a dangerous overland journey escorted by armed drones.<\/p>\n<p>Britain, meanwhile, ended its evacuation flights Saturday, after demand for spots on the planes declined. The United Arab Emirates announced Saturday it had started evacuating its own citizens along with nationals of 16 other countries.<\/p>\n<p>More than 50,000 Sudanese refugees - mostly women and children - have crossed over to Chad, Egypt, South Sudan and the Central African Republic, the United Nations said, raising fears of regional instability. Ethnic fighting and turmoil have scarred South Sudan and the Central African Republic for years while a 2021 coup has derailed Chad's own democratic transition.<\/p>\n<p>Those who escape the fighting in Khartoum face more dangers on their way to safety. The route to Port Sudan, where ships evacuate people via the Red Sea, has proven long, exhausting and risky. Hatim el-Madani, a former journalist, said that paramilitary fighters were stopping refugees at roadblocks outside Khartoum, demanding they hand over their phones and valuables.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//56//94//50//808x539_cmsv2_9cb6a1fc-c351-5948-94a5-e938dbdc910a-7569450.jpg/" alt=\"Lars Klemmer\/(c) Copyright 2023, dpa (www.dpa.de). 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Alle Rechte vorbehalten<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere's an outlaw, bandit-like nature to the RSF,\u201d he said, referring to Dagalo's Rapid Support Forces. \u201cThey don't have a supply line in place. That could get worse in the coming days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Airlifts from the country amid the chaotic fighting also posed challenges, with a Turkish evacuation plane even hit by gunfire outside Khartoum on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday - despite a cease-fire extended under heavy international pressure early Friday - clashes continued around the presidential palace, headquarters of the state broadcaster and a military base in Khartoum, residents said. 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including African and Arab nations, the United Nations and the United States - were intensifying their pressure on the rival generals to enter talks on resolving the crisis. \n\nSo far, however, they have managed to achieve only a series of fragile temporary cease-fires that failed to stop clashes but created enough of a lull for tens of thousands of Sudanese to flee to safer areas and for foreign nations to evacuate thousands of their citizens by land, air and sea. \n\n\nIn a sign of the persistent chaos, Turkey said one of its evacuation planes was hit by gunfire outside Khartoum with no casualties on Friday, hours after both sides accepted a 72-hour truce extension. \n\nThe UK said it would end its evacuation flights on Saturday evening after numbers of British citizens seeking an airlift began to decline. After a slow start that attracted criticism, Britain has run regular military flights from an airfield near Khartoum to Cyprus. As of Friday evening, it had airlifted 1,573 people, including nationals of several European countries. \n\n\u201cYou have another 24 hours if you are eligible to make your way to the airport and we will get you on a plane,\" Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden said. \n\nFierce clashes with frequent explosions and gunfire continued Friday in Khartoum\u2019s upscale neighbourhood of Kafouri, where the military's warplanes bombed its rivals, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, residents said. Clashes were also reported around the military\u2019s headquarters, the Republican Palace and the area close to the Khartoum international airport. All these areas have been flashpoints since the war erupted on 15 April. Explosions also rang out across the river in Omdurman. \n\nDoctors in the Sudanese capital said the RSF has been abducting medical personnel to treat its wounded fighters - a sign the paramilitary was struggling to get medical support. \n\nThe Turkish Defense Ministry said \u201clight weapons were fired\u201d at a C-130 aircraft heading to Wadi Sayidna airbase on Khartoum's northern outskirts to evacuate Turkish civilians. The plane landed safely, the ministry said in a tweet, and no personnel were injured. \n\nThe Sudanese military blamed the RSF, which denied firing on the plane. \n\nOver the past 14 days of pummeling each other, the military led by Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan and the RSF led by Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, have each failed to deal a decisive blow to the other in their struggle for control of Africa's third-largest nation. \n\nStill, world powers have struggled to get them to adhere to announced cease-fires. A bloc of East African nations has put forward an initiative for the two sides to hold talks, and a gamut of mediators are promoting the plan, including the African Union, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and the United Nations. \n\nBurhan on Friday ruled out negotiations with Dagalo, accusing him of orchestrating a rebellion against the state, a day after the military expressed openness to the talks under the initiative. Dagalo \u201cwants to rule Sudan, seize its resources and magnify his wealth,\u201d Burhan said in an interview with US-funded Alhurra TV, denying that he wants power for himself. \n\nBoth Burhan and Dagalo have been involved in crushing pro-democracy activists and together they pushed out civilians from an interim government in a coup in 2021. The former allies fell out in recent months in disputes over an internationally brokered deal meant to pave the way back to a civilian government, including over the issue of incorporating the RSF into the military. \n\nThe rivals' battles in the streets with artillery barrages, airstrikes and gunfire have wreaked misery on millions of Sudanese caught between them. Many have left Khartoum to the northern borders with Egypt, or to the city of Port Sudan on the Red Sea. \n\nAround 40,000 South Sudanese, Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees who had been living in the capital have fled Khartoum since fighting erupted, the UN\u2019s refugee agency said Friday. Many are now sheltering in refugee camps in White Nile, al-Qadarif and Kassala provinces, said UNHCR spokesman Fathi Kasina. Sudan hosts over 1.3 million refugees, including more than 800,000 from South Sudan, according to UN figures. \n\nThose who remain in Khartoum have been living in rapidly deteriorating conditions, mostly trapped inside their homes for days. Food, water and other services have become scarce, and electricity is cut off across much of Khartoum and other cities. Fighters roam the streets in the capital and other cities, looting and destroying homes, shops, businesses and open-air markets. \n\nAt least 512 people, including civilians and combatants, have been killed since 15 April, with another 4,200 wounded, according to the Sudanese Health Ministry. The Sudan Doctors\u2019 Syndicate, which tracks civilian casualties, has recorded at least 387 civilians killed and 1,928 wounded. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>After two weeks of fighting that has turned Khartoum into a war zone and thrown Sudan into turmoil, a wide-ranging group of international mediators - including African and Arab nations, the United Nations and the United States - were intensifying their pressure on the rival generals to enter talks on resolving the crisis. <\/p>\n<p>So far, however, they have managed to achieve only a series of fragile temporary cease-fires that failed to stop clashes but created enough of a lull for tens of thousands of Sudanese to flee to safer areas and for foreign nations to evacuate thousands of their citizens by land, air and sea. <\/p>\n<p>In a sign of the persistent chaos, Turkey said one of its evacuation planes was hit by gunfire outside Khartoum with no casualties on Friday, hours after both sides accepted a 72-hour truce extension.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7565922\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//04//28//eu-citizens-continue-to-be-brought-to-safety-amid-ongoing-unrest-in-sudan/">EU citizens continue to be brought to safety amid ongoing unrest in Sudan<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The UK said it would end its evacuation flights on Saturday evening after numbers of British citizens seeking an airlift began to decline. After a slow start that attracted criticism, Britain has run regular military flights from an airfield near Khartoum to Cyprus. As of Friday evening, it had airlifted 1,573 people, including nationals of several European countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have another 24 hours if you are eligible to make your way to the airport and we will get you on a plane,\" Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden said.<\/p>\n<p>Fierce clashes with frequent explosions and gunfire continued Friday in Khartoum\u2019s upscale neighbourhood of Kafouri, where the military's warplanes bombed its rivals, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, residents said. Clashes were also reported around the military\u2019s headquarters, the Republican Palace and the area close to the Khartoum international airport. All these areas have been flashpoints since the war erupted on 15 April. Explosions also rang out across the river in Omdurman.<\/p>\n<p>Doctors in the Sudanese capital said the RSF has been abducting medical personnel to treat its wounded fighters - a sign the paramilitary was struggling to get medical support.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//56//83//24//808x539_cmsv2_301396be-b3f7-5e5c-890c-3f4a209ff60e-7568324.jpg/" alt=\"Donaig Le Du\/ Notice: UNICEF photographs are copyrighted and may not be reproduced in any medium without written permission from authorized\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/56\/83\/24\/384x256_cmsv2_301396be-b3f7-5e5c-890c-3f4a209ff60e-7568324.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/56\/83\/24\/640x427_cmsv2_301396be-b3f7-5e5c-890c-3f4a209ff60e-7568324.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/56\/83\/24\/750x500_cmsv2_301396be-b3f7-5e5c-890c-3f4a209ff60e-7568324.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/56\/83\/24\/828x552_cmsv2_301396be-b3f7-5e5c-890c-3f4a209ff60e-7568324.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/56\/83\/24\/1080x720_cmsv2_301396be-b3f7-5e5c-890c-3f4a209ff60e-7568324.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/56\/83\/24\/1200x800_cmsv2_301396be-b3f7-5e5c-890c-3f4a209ff60e-7568324.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/56\/83\/24\/1920x1281_cmsv2_301396be-b3f7-5e5c-890c-3f4a209ff60e-7568324.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">In this photo provided by UNICEF, a group of refugees rests under the shade of a tree to protect themselves from the sun and heat after crossing into the village of Koufroun.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Donaig Le Du\/ Notice: UNICEF photographs are copyrighted and may not be reproduced in any medium without written permission from authorized<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Turkish Defense Ministry said \u201clight weapons were fired\u201d at a C-130 aircraft heading to Wadi Sayidna airbase on Khartoum's northern outskirts to evacuate Turkish civilians. The plane landed safely, the ministry said in a tweet, and no personnel were injured.<\/p>\n<p>The Sudanese military blamed the RSF, which denied firing on the plane.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past 14 days of pummeling each other, the military led by Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan and the RSF led by Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, have each failed to deal a decisive blow to the other in their struggle for control of Africa's third-largest nation.<\/p>\n<p>Still, world powers have struggled to get them to adhere to announced cease-fires. A bloc of East African nations has put forward an initiative for the two sides to hold talks, and a gamut of mediators are promoting the plan, including the African Union, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and the United Nations.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7565346,7555196\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//04//28//sudans-warring-factions-agree-to-extend-truce-but-fighting-goes-on/">Sudan's warring factions agree to extend truce but fighting goes on<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//04//27//why-is-russias-wagner-group-in-sudan-and-what-does-it-have-to-do-with-the-war-in-ukraine/">Why is Russia's Wagner Group in Sudan, and what does it have to do with the war in Ukraine? <\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Burhan on Friday ruled out negotiations with Dagalo, accusing him of orchestrating a rebellion against the state, a day after the military expressed openness to the talks under the initiative. Dagalo \u201cwants to rule Sudan, seize its resources and magnify his wealth,\u201d Burhan said in an interview with US-funded Alhurra TV, denying that he wants power for himself.<\/p>\n<p>Both Burhan and Dagalo have been involved in crushing pro-democracy activists and together they pushed out civilians from an interim government in a coup in 2021. The former allies fell out in recent months in disputes over an internationally brokered deal meant to pave the way back to a civilian government, including over the issue of incorporating the RSF into the military.<\/p>\n<p>The rivals' battles in the streets with artillery barrages, airstrikes and gunfire have wreaked misery on millions of Sudanese caught between them. Many have left Khartoum to the northern borders with Egypt, or to the city of Port Sudan on the Red Sea.<\/p>\n<p>Around 40,000 South Sudanese, Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees who had been living in the capital have fled Khartoum since fighting erupted, the UN\u2019s refugee agency said Friday. Many are now sheltering in refugee camps in White Nile, al-Qadarif and Kassala provinces, said UNHCR spokesman Fathi Kasina. Sudan hosts over 1.3 million refugees, including more than 800,000 from South Sudan, according to UN figures.<\/p>\n<p>Those who remain in Khartoum have been living in rapidly deteriorating conditions, mostly trapped inside their homes for days. Food, water and other services have become scarce, and electricity is cut off across much of Khartoum and other cities. Fighters roam the streets in the capital and other cities, looting and destroying homes, shops, businesses and open-air markets.<\/p>\n<p>At least 512 people, including civilians and combatants, have been killed since 15 April, with another 4,200 wounded, according to the Sudanese Health Ministry. The Sudan Doctors\u2019 Syndicate, which tracks civilian casualties, has recorded at least 387 civilians killed and 1,928 wounded.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1682717417,"updatedAt":1682746084,"publishedAt":1682743321,"firstPublishedAt":1682743328,"lastPublishedAt":1682743328,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"PO Phot Arron Hoare\/UK MOD \u00a9 Crown copyright 2023","altText":"In this photo provided by the UK Ministry of Defence, British Nationals prepare to be evacuated onto a RAF aircraft at Wadi Seidna Air Base, in Sudan.","callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"caption":"In this photo provided by the UK Ministry of Defence, British Nationals prepare to be evacuated onto a RAF aircraft at Wadi Seidna Air Base, in Sudan.","url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/56\/83\/24\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_c8db65a4-8929-5016-8010-ab38c9f2c048-7568324.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":683},{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Donaig Le Du\/ Notice: UNICEF photographs are copyrighted and may not be reproduced in any medium without written permission from authorized","altText":"In this photo provided by UNICEF, a group of refugees rests under the shade of a tree to protect themselves from the sun and heat after crossing into the village of Koufroun.","callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"caption":"In this photo provided by UNICEF, a group of refugees rests under the shade of a tree to protect themselves from the sun and heat after crossing into the village of Koufroun.","url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/56\/83\/24\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_301396be-b3f7-5e5c-890c-3f4a209ff60e-7568324.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":683}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"urlSafeValue":"sudan","titleRaw":"Sudan","id":8029,"title":"Sudan","slug":"sudan"},{"urlSafeValue":"rsf","titleRaw":"RSF - 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Thousands more have been wounded. \n\nThe doctors' union in the country said at least eight civilians had been killed in Khartoum alone on Wednesday despite the truce. \n\nMore than two-thirds of hospitals in the country were out of service, the union said on Thursday, including 14 that had been struck during the fighting. \n\nThe conflict has also resulted in mass evacuations of foreign residents as well as Sudanese civilians. International organisations say the number of displaced people is likely to rise to hundreds of thousands. \n\nBeyond the capital, fighting has flared in the provinces, particularly in the war-torn western region of Darfur. \n\nClashes between the army and the RSF raged for a second day in the West Darfur capital Geneina, witnesses said, adding that civilians were seen fleeing to the nearby border with Chad. \n\nOn Wednesday, the United Nations humanitarian agency reported killings, looting and arson in Geneina. \n\n\"An estimated 50,000 acutely malnourished children have had nutrition support disrupted due to the fighting,\" it added in a statement. \n\nThe heavy fighting has trapped many civilians in their homes, where they have endured severe shortages of food, water and electricity. \n\nThe UN has warned that as many as 270,000 people could flee into Sudan's poorer neighbours South Sudan and Chad. \n\nOther Sudanese have sought refuge in Egypt to the north and Ethiopia to the east, but both entail long and potentially dangerous journeys overland. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Sudan's warring factions have agreed to extend a three-day ceasefire for another 72 hours although sporadic heavy fighting continued in the capital Khartoum on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement came after intense talks with representatives from the\u00a0US, UK and UN.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since the confrontation between the army and Rapid Support Forces broke out on April 15, over 500 people have been killed, mainly by air strikes and artillery. Thousands more have been wounded.<\/p>\n<p>The doctors' union in the country said at least eight civilians had been killed in Khartoum alone on Wednesday despite the truce.<\/p>\n<p>More than two-thirds of hospitals in the country were out of service, the union said on Thursday, including 14 that had been struck during the fighting.<\/p>\n<p>The conflict has also resulted in mass evacuations of foreign residents as well as Sudanese civilians. International organisations say the number of displaced people is likely to rise to hundreds of thousands.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7562878,7560126,7561342\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//04//27//sudan-crisis-dont-fall-for-these-misleading-images-and-claims-on-social-media/">Sudan crisis: Don't fall for these misleading images and claims on social media<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//04//26//thousands-stream-out-of-capital-as-sudan-fighting-eclipses-new-truce/">Thousands stream out of capital as Sudan fighting eclipses new truce<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//04//27//world-powers-pull-their-citizens-as-violence-roils-sudan-amid-72-hour-truce/">World powers pull their citizens as violence roils Sudan amid 72-hour truce<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Beyond the capital, fighting has flared in the provinces, particularly in the war-torn western region of Darfur.<\/p>\n<p>Clashes between the army and the RSF raged for a second day in the West Darfur capital Geneina, witnesses said, adding that civilians were seen fleeing to the nearby border with Chad.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the United Nations humanitarian agency reported killings, looting and arson in Geneina.<\/p>\n<p>\"An estimated 50,000 acutely malnourished children have had nutrition support disrupted due to the fighting,\" it added in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The heavy fighting has trapped many civilians in their homes, where they have endured severe shortages of food, water and electricity.<\/p>\n<p>The UN has warned that as many as 270,000 people could flee into Sudan's poorer neighbours South Sudan and Chad.<\/p>\n<p>Other Sudanese have sought refuge in Egypt to the north and Ethiopia to the east, but both entail long and potentially dangerous journeys overland.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1682643334,"updatedAt":1682678283,"publishedAt":1682664706,"firstPublishedAt":1682664710,"lastPublishedAt":1682677913,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Screenshot","altText":"Sporadic fighting goes on despite the agreed truce","callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"caption":"Sporadic fighting goes on despite the agreed 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CEASE FIRE UPD","path":"\/2023\/04\/28\/sudans-warring-factions-agree-to-extend-truce-but-fighting-goes-on","lastModified":1682677913},{"id":2258320,"cid":7561342,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"230427_NWSU_51392206","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Sudan crisis: Don't fall for these misleading images and claims on social media","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Sudan crisis: Don't fall for these misleading images and claims ","titleListing2":"#TheCube: Euronews took a closer look at some of the most viral images falsely claiming to show the recent fighting in Sudan ","leadin":"A hotel that's been bombed and a bridge on fire - but these viral images on social media are not what they seem to be.","summary":"A hotel that's been bombed and a bridge on fire - but these viral images on social media are not what they seem to be.","keySentence":"","url":"sudan-crisis-dont-fall-for-these-misleading-images-and-claims-on-social-media","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/04\/27\/sudan-crisis-dont-fall-for-these-misleading-images-and-claims-on-social-media","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"As deadly clashes erupt in Sudan and the scramble to evacuate civilians continues, unrelated or misleading images have been circulating on social media creating panic and confusion. \n\nTwo pictures in particular have been shared a lot on Twitter and have been attributed to the current fighting in Sudan.\u00a0 \n\nThe first one shows a burning bridge while the second one a building that has been attacked and is engulfed in flames.\u00a0 \n\nAlthough there has been heavy fighting and hundreds of casualties \u2013 none of these two pictures are related to the current situation in Sudan, according to AFP .\u00a0\u00a0 \n\nViolence erupted on 15 April after a weeks-long power struggle between two generals who seized power in a coup back in 2021.\u00a0 \n\nThe army, under military chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has clashed with the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by Burhan's own deputy-turned-rival Mohamed Hamdan Daglo. \n\nBoth men disagreed over the planned integration of the paramilitary group RSF into Sudan's regular army.\u00a0 \n\nIt was a key condition for a final deal aimed at resuming the country\u2019s democratic transition. \n\nFor the first image of the burning bridge, a quick reverse image search leads us to find out it's a photo taken by AFP.\u00a0 \n\nIt dates back to October 2022 and shows the aftermath of an explosion which caused the partial collapse of a bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula with Russia.\u00a0 \n\nWhen it comes to the second photo of the burning building, AFP identified it as the Corinthia Hotel also called the Burj al-Fateh tower in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan.\u00a0 \n\nA reverse image search found a similar image of the hotel -- but with no flames or smoke -- published in a tweet in 2013. \n\nAFP analysis found that the photo posted on Twitter had been photoshopped to add smoke and flames.\u00a0A spokesperson for the hotel confirmed the photo had been digitally altered.\u00a0 \n\nTo add to the confusion, a few days ago,\u00a0a fake Twitter account subscribed to Twitter Blue verification claiming to represent the paramilitary group RSF has falsely claimed its leader has died in the fighting. \n\nMany Twitter users took the post\u2019s false announcement at face value. Some have criticised Elon Musk\u2019s new policies on the platform which they claim are confusing, and spreading dangerous misinformation. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>As deadly clashes erupt in Sudan and the scramble to evacuate civilians continues, unrelated or misleading images have been circulating on social media creating panic and confusion.<\/p>\n<p>Two pictures in particular have been shared a lot on Twitter and have been attributed to the current fighting in Sudan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The first one shows a burning bridge while the second one a building that has been attacked and is engulfed in flames.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Although there has been heavy fighting and hundreds of casualties \u2013 none of these two pictures are related to the current situation in Sudan, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////factcheck.afp.com//doc.afp.com.33DL4Z3/">according to AFP<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1647576464164896768\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Violence erupted on 15 April after a weeks-long power struggle between two generals who seized power in a coup back in 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The army, under military chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has clashed with the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by Burhan's own deputy-turned-rival Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.<\/p>\n<p>Both men disagreed over the planned integration of the paramilitary group RSF into Sudan's regular army.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was a key condition for a final deal aimed at resuming the country\u2019s democratic transition.<\/p>\n<p>For the first image of the burning bridge, a quick reverse image search leads us to find out it's a photo taken by AFP.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It dates back to October 2022 and shows <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.aljazeera.com//news//2022//10//8//fuel-tank-ablaze-at-bridge-linking-russia-to-crimea-reports/">the aftermath of an explosion<\/strong><\/a> which caused the partial collapse of a bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula with Russia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to the second photo of the burning building, AFP identified it as the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.google.com//maps//place//Corinthia+Hotel//@15.6065249,32.5136518,15z//data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xb1ecfdd0d9fde7ae?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjUyqim08f-AhXaTKQEHTB6A50Q_BJ6BQiPARAI\%22>Corinthia Hotel<\/strong><\/a> also called the Burj al-Fateh tower in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"371959854950137856\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A reverse image search found a similar image of the hotel -- but with no flames or smoke -- published in a tweet in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>AFP analysis found that the photo posted on Twitter had been photoshopped to add smoke and flames.\u00a0A spokesperson for the hotel confirmed the photo had been digitally altered.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To add to the confusion, a few days ago,\u00a0a fake Twitter account subscribed to Twitter Blue verification claiming to represent the paramilitary group RSF has falsely claimed its leader has died in the fighting.<\/p>\n<p>Many Twitter users took the post\u2019s false announcement at face value. Some have criticised Elon Musk\u2019s new policies on the platform which they claim are confusing, and spreading dangerous misinformation.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1682505814,"updatedAt":1682568365,"publishedAt":1682568008,"firstPublishedAt":1682524954,"lastPublishedAt":1682568030,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Marwan Ali\/Copyright 2023 The AP","altText":"Disinformation has been circulating on social media causing confusion","callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"caption":"Disinformation has been circulating on social media causing confusion","url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/55\/29\/96\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_5310c25a-ac15-5177-bd26-486903e90056-7552996.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":683},{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Lyon","altText":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":960,"caption":null,"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/56\/13\/44\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_f505af05-0985-50ee-9f2b-6a168bcaf124-7561344.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":540}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"urlSafeValue":"fake-news","titleRaw":"fake news","id":12747,"title":"fake news","slug":"fake-news"},{"urlSafeValue":"online-media","titleRaw":"online media","id":20788,"title":"online media","slug":"online-media"},{"urlSafeValue":"media","titleRaw":"Media","id":188,"title":"Media","slug":"media"},{"urlSafeValue":"sudan","titleRaw":"Sudan","id":8029,"title":"Sudan","slug":"sudan"}],"widgets":[{"count":2,"slug":"twitter"}],"related":[{"id":2257254},{"id":2257064}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"Ih22rWH2JqA","dailymotionId":"x8kghq4"},"video":1,"videos":[{"duration":159600,"editor":"","filesizeBytes":18855763,"format":"mp4","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/med\/EN\/NW\/SU\/23\/04\/27\/en\/230427_NWSU_51392206_51392232_159600_152034_en.mp4","expiresAt":0,"quality":"md"},{"duration":159600,"editor":"","filesizeBytes":28314963,"format":"mp4","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/EN\/NW\/SU\/23\/04\/27\/en\/230427_NWSU_51392206_51392232_159600_152034_en.mp4","expiresAt":0,"quality":"hd"}],"liveStream":[{"endDate":0,"startDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"AFP","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Euronews","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"world news","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"urlSafeValue":"news","id":1,"title":"News","slug":"news"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"urlSafeValue":"news","id":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":3,"urlSafeValue":"africa","title":"Africa"},"country":{"id":263,"urlSafeValue":"sudan","title":"Sudan","url":"\/news\/africa\/sudan"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'gt_negative_mistrust','gt_negative','gs_busfin','gs_busfin_indus','gs_tech_compute_net_social','gs_tech_social','gs_tech','gs_tech_compute','gs_tech_compute_net','gb_piracy_news-ent','gs_vidgames'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"daletEventName":"THE CUBE - 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Aid agencies raised increasing alarm over the crumbling humanitarian situation in a country reliant on outside help. \n\nA series of short cease-fires the past week have either failed outright or brought only intermittent lulls in the fighting that has raged between forces loyal to the country's two top generals since 15 April. The lulls have been enough for dramatic evacuations of hundreds of foreigners by air and land, which continued Tuesday. \n\nBut they have brought no relief to millions of Sudanese caught in the crossfire, struggling to find food, shelter and medical care as explosions, gunfire and looters wreck their neighbourhoods. In a country where a third of the population of 46 million already needed humanitarian assistance, multiple aid agencies have had to suspend operations and dozens of hospitals have been forced to shut down. The UN refugee agency said it was gearing up for potentially tens of thousands of people fleeing into neighboring countries. \n\nCalls for negotiations to end the crisis in Africa\u2019s third-largest nation have been ignored. For many Sudanese, the departure of diplomats, aid workers and other foreigners and the closure of embassies are terrifying signs that international powers expect the mayhem to worsen. \n\nUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the power struggle between rival generals and their military forces is not only putting Sudan's future at risk, \u201cit is lighting a fuse that could detonate across borders, causing immense suffering for years, and setting development back by decades\u201d. \n\nThe UN chief urged the Sudanese military, commanded by Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, and the rival Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group led by Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo \u201cto silence the guns\u201d immediately. \n\n\"The conflict will not, and must not, be resolved on the battlefield,\" Guterres told an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council late Tuesday. \n\nUN special envoy for Sudan Volker Perthes, who moved from Khartoum to Port Sudan with most UN staff and many humanitarian organisations, has accused both warring parties of fighting \u201cwith disregard for the laws and norms of war\u201d. \n\nWith supply lines running out, he said, there was mounting fear of increased criminality, and \u201creports of prisoners being released from detention centres across Khartoum have compounded these fears.\u201d \n\nThousands of Sudanese have been fleeing Khartoum and its neighbouring city of Omdurman. Bus stations in the capital were packed Tuesday morning with people who had spent the night there in hopes of getting on a departing bus. \n\nAt least 20,000 people have fled from Khartoum to the city of Wad Madani, 160 kilometres to the south, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said. Some 20,000 Sudanese have fled to Chad and around 4,000 South Sudanese refugees living in Sudan have returned home, according to the UN refugee agency, which is gearing up for tens of thousands more to flee to neighbouring countries. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Sudanese and foreigners streamed out of the capital of Khartoum and other battle zones, as fighting Tuesday shook a new three-day truce brokered by the United States and Saudi Arabia. Aid agencies raised increasing alarm over the crumbling humanitarian situation in a country reliant on outside help.<\/p>\n<p>A series of short cease-fires the past week have either failed outright or brought only intermittent lulls in the fighting that has raged between forces loyal to the country's two top generals since 15 April. The lulls have been enough for dramatic evacuations of hundreds of foreigners by air and land, which continued Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>But they have brought no relief to millions of Sudanese caught in the crossfire, struggling to find food, shelter and medical care as explosions, gunfire and looters wreck their neighbourhoods. In a country where a third of the population of 46 million already needed humanitarian assistance, multiple aid agencies have had to suspend operations and dozens of hospitals have been forced to shut down. The UN refugee agency said it was gearing up for potentially tens of thousands of people fleeing into neighboring countries.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7557962,7557532,7556812\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//04//24//sudan-crisis-which-european-countries-are-evacuating-their-citizens/">Sudan crisis: Which European countries are evacuating their citizens?<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//04//25//un-fears-more-displacement-from-sudan-as-people-seek-refuge-despite-cease-fire/">UN fears more displacement from Sudan as people seek refuge despite cease-fire <\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//04//25//sudan-implements-72-hour-ceasefire-as-evacuations-persist-fragile-truce-takes-hold/">RAF planes arrive in Khartoum for large-scale evacuation of British nationals<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Calls for negotiations to end the crisis in Africa\u2019s third-largest nation have been ignored. For many Sudanese, the departure of diplomats, aid workers and other foreigners and the closure of embassies are terrifying signs that international powers expect the mayhem to worsen.<\/p>\n<p>UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the power struggle between rival generals and their military forces is not only putting Sudan's future at risk, \u201cit is lighting a fuse that could detonate across borders, causing immense suffering for years, and setting development back by decades\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The UN chief urged the Sudanese military, commanded by Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, and the rival Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group led by Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo \u201cto silence the guns\u201d immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\"The conflict will not, and must not, be resolved on the battlefield,\" Guterres told an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council late Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//56//01//26//808x539_cmsv2_cd364157-1fe7-51a3-bb62-99657e112f85-7560126.jpg/" alt=\"Petros Giannakouris\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/56\/01\/26\/384x256_cmsv2_cd364157-1fe7-51a3-bb62-99657e112f85-7560126.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/56\/01\/26\/640x427_cmsv2_cd364157-1fe7-51a3-bb62-99657e112f85-7560126.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/56\/01\/26\/750x500_cmsv2_cd364157-1fe7-51a3-bb62-99657e112f85-7560126.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/56\/01\/26\/828x552_cmsv2_cd364157-1fe7-51a3-bb62-99657e112f85-7560126.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/56\/01\/26\/1080x720_cmsv2_cd364157-1fe7-51a3-bb62-99657e112f85-7560126.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/56\/01\/26\/1200x800_cmsv2_cd364157-1fe7-51a3-bb62-99657e112f85-7560126.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/56\/01\/26\/1920x1281_cmsv2_cd364157-1fe7-51a3-bb62-99657e112f85-7560126.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Passengers from Sudan stand next to air force soldiers as they disembark a military plane at Elefsina Air Force Base, in western Athens, Greece.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Petros Giannakouris\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>UN special envoy for Sudan Volker Perthes, who moved from Khartoum to Port Sudan with most UN staff and many humanitarian organisations, has accused both warring parties of fighting \u201cwith disregard for the laws and norms of war\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>With supply lines running out, he said, there was mounting fear of increased criminality, and \u201creports of prisoners being released from detention centres across Khartoum have compounded these fears.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of Sudanese have been fleeing Khartoum and its neighbouring city of Omdurman. Bus stations in the capital were packed Tuesday morning with people who had spent the night there in hopes of getting on a departing bus.<\/p>\n<p>At least 20,000 people have fled from Khartoum to the city of Wad Madani, 160 kilometres to the south, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said. Some 20,000 Sudanese have fled to Chad and around 4,000 South Sudanese refugees living in Sudan have returned home, according to the UN refugee agency, which is gearing up for tens of thousands more to flee to neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1682470899,"updatedAt":1682514606,"publishedAt":1682486791,"firstPublishedAt":1682486793,"lastPublishedAt":1682514254,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP\/AP","altText":"In this photo provided by the Spanish Defence Ministry citizens of different nationalities, fleeing from Sudan, sit inside a Spanish Air Force aircraft on its way to Madrid.","callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"caption":"In this photo provided by the Spanish Defence Ministry citizens of different nationalities, fleeing from Sudan, sit inside a Spanish Air Force aircraft on its way to Madrid.","url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/56\/01\/26\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_ee6c5e99-88f1-5dff-82e3-90f6c77d10b5-7560126.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":768},{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Petros Giannakouris\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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Although, its state media has claimed that more than 3,000 people have crossed into Egypt since the fighting began. \n\nSo far, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) which has 58,995 Sudanese refugees registered in Egypt, also has not released figures on the number of people who have recently entered the country. \n\nBut there are some reports that Egypt's border control is asking for visas for some men trying to enter the country from Sudan.\u00a0 \n\n\"Officially, the Egyptian authorities have not announced any information on who can enter without a visa, who cannot and how to obtain that document; nor have they announced or clarified the measures to apply for asylum at the border crossings, nor what the procedures are,\" Nour Khalil, the director of Refugees Platform in Egypt, said. \n\nBut he added: \"Women, children, and men under 16 and over 50 can cross without a visa.\u201d \n\nA hashtag has also recently appeared on Twitter and other social media networks calling for authorities to \"Cancel entry visa for Sudanese to Egypt.\u201d \n\nMarie-Helene Verney, the UNHCR's chief in South Sudan, said from its capital of Juba that \u201cthe planning figure that we have for the most likely scenario is 125,000 returns of South Sudanese refugees into South Sudan\", and 45,000 Sudanese\u00a0refugees fleeing the fighting. \n\nMore than 800,000 South Sudanese refugees live in Sudan, a quarter of them in the capital of Khartoum, where they are directly affected by the fighting. \n\nUN reduces its footprint in Sudan \n\nDozens of hospitals have closed across the country due to the fighting.\u00a0\u201cIf the violence does not stop, there is a danger that the health system will collapse,\u201d the UN agency warned last Friday. \n\nHumanitarian aid has also been impacted. \n\nJens Laerke, a spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said it has been forced to reduce its footprint in Sudan. \n\n\u201cThe humanitarian needs in Sudan were already at record levels before this recent eruption of fighting: some 15.8 million people \u2014 that\u2019s about a third of the population \u2014 required humanitarian assistance,\u201d he said. \n\n\u201cThis [fighting] coming on top of it, is, I would say, more than just a slap in the face. It\u2019s more than a fist in the face of those people who were already in need,\u201d Laerke added, echoing the calls for \"the fighting to stop.\u201d \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The UN refugee agency warned of \u201cfurther displacement\u201d of people from Sudan after thousands streamed into neighbouring Chad, Egypt and South Sudan despite a cease-fire.<\/p>\n<p>Since fighting began on April 15, at least 20,000 Sudanese have fled into Chad and some 4,000 South Sudanese refugees \u2014 who had been living in Sudan \u2014 have returned to their home country, UNHCR spokesperson Olga Sarrado said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>In neighbouring Egypt, authorities have not confirmed the number of people who have already entered the country. Although, its state media has claimed that more than 3,000 people have crossed into Egypt since the fighting began.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1650447167348174849\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>So far, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) which has 58,995 Sudanese refugees registered in Egypt, also has not released figures on the number of people who have recently entered the country.<\/p>\n<p>But there are some reports that Egypt's border control is asking for visas for some men trying to enter the country from Sudan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"Officially, the Egyptian authorities have not announced any information on who can enter without a visa, who cannot and how to obtain that document; nor have they announced or clarified the measures to apply for asylum at the border crossings, nor what the procedures are,\" Nour Khalil, the director of Refugees Platform in Egypt, said.<\/p>\n<p>But he added: \"Women, children, and men under 16 and over 50 can cross without a visa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A hashtag has also recently appeared on Twitter and other social media networks calling for authorities to \"Cancel entry visa for Sudanese to Egypt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marie-Helene Verney, the UNHCR's chief in South Sudan, said from its capital of Juba that \u201cthe planning figure that we have for the most likely scenario is 125,000 returns of South Sudanese refugees into South Sudan\", and 45,000 Sudanese\u00a0refugees fleeing the fighting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1650800338843344897\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>More than 800,000 South Sudanese refugees live in Sudan, a quarter of them in the capital of Khartoum, where they are directly affected by the fighting.<\/p>\n<h2>UN reduces its footprint in Sudan<\/h2><p>Dozens of hospitals have closed across the country due to the fighting.\u00a0\u201cIf the violence does not stop, there is a danger that the health system will collapse,\u201d the UN agency warned last Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Humanitarian aid has also been impacted.<\/p>\n<p>Jens Laerke, a spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said it has been forced to reduce its footprint in Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe humanitarian needs in Sudan were already at record levels before this recent eruption of fighting: some 15.8 million people \u2014 that\u2019s about a third of the population \u2014 required humanitarian assistance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis [fighting] coming on top of it, is, I would say, more than just a slap in the face. It\u2019s more than a fist in the face of those people who were already in need,\u201d Laerke added, echoing the calls for \"the fighting to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1682408805,"updatedAt":1682430371,"publishedAt":1682427879,"firstPublishedAt":1682427883,"lastPublishedAt":1682427883,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AFP ","altText":"People wait with luggage before boarding a bus departing from Khartoum in the Sudanese capital's south.","callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"caption":"People wait with luggage before boarding a bus departing from Khartoum in the Sudanese capital's south.","url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/55\/79\/62\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_d6624a7b-f56d-5344-875e-3442091e719c-7557962.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":1080},{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Screenshot ","altText":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"caption":null,"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/55\/79\/68\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_4537144d-4754-58df-8cf3-f28575f60498-7557968.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"urlSafeValue":"sudan","titleRaw":"Sudan","id":8029,"title":"Sudan","slug":"sudan"},{"urlSafeValue":"khartoum","titleRaw":"Khartoum","id":4201,"title":"Khartoum","slug":"khartoum"},{"urlSafeValue":"africa","titleRaw":"Africa","id":3,"title":"Africa","slug":"africa"},{"urlSafeValue":"war","titleRaw":"War","id":300,"title":"War","slug":"war"},{"urlSafeValue":"african-politics","titleRaw":"African politics","id":10523,"title":"African politics","slug":"african-politics"}],"widgets":[{"count":2,"slug":"twitter"}],"related":[{"id":2256136},{"id":2258320}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"XS-cta8pPBE","dailymotionId":"x8kecif"},"video":1,"videos":[{"duration":70000,"editor":"","filesizeBytes":8902316,"format":"mp4","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/med\/EN\/NW\/SU\/23\/04\/25\/en\/230425_NWSU_51372266_51372340_70000_154153_en.mp4","expiresAt":0,"quality":"md"},{"duration":70000,"editor":"","filesizeBytes":13767340,"format":"mp4","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/EN\/NW\/SU\/23\/04\/25\/en\/230425_NWSU_51372266_51372340_70000_154153_en.mp4","expiresAt":0,"quality":"hd"}],"liveStream":[{"endDate":0,"startDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"AP, EFE","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Euronews ","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"world news","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"urlSafeValue":"news","id":1,"title":"News","slug":"news"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"urlSafeValue":"news","id":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":3,"urlSafeValue":"africa","title":"Africa"},"country":{"id":263,"urlSafeValue":"sudan","title":"Sudan","url":"\/news\/africa\/sudan"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'gv_safe','castrol_negative_it','gb_safe','gs_politics','gt_negative','gt_negative_fear','gs_science','gs_politics_issues_policy'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"daletEventName":"SUDANESE ALSO FLEE","path":"\/2023\/04\/25\/un-fears-more-displacement-from-sudan-as-people-seek-refuge-despite-cease-fire","lastModified":1682427883},{"id":2257064,"cid":7557532,"versionId":5,"archive":0,"housenumber":"230425_NWSU_51370174","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"RAF planes arrive in Khartoum for large-scale evacuation of British nationals","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"RAF planes arrive in Sudan for large-scale evacuation of UK citizens","titleListing2":"Sudan implements 72-hour ceasefire as evacuations persist, fragile truce takes hold","leadin":"Warring sides in Sudan have agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire in the midst of ongoing evacuations from a conflict-stricken region. However, it remains unclear whether the truce will hold as clashes have continued after previously called ceasefires.","summary":"Warring sides in Sudan have agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire in the midst of ongoing evacuations from a conflict-stricken region. However, it remains unclear whether the truce will hold as clashes have continued after previously called ceasefires.","keySentence":"","url":"sudan-implements-72-hour-ceasefire-as-evacuations-persist-fragile-truce-takes-hold","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/04\/25\/sudan-implements-72-hour-ceasefire-as-evacuations-persist-fragile-truce-takes-hold","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A Royal Air Force plane has landed in a military airfield north of Sudan's capital Khartoum as part of a UK mission to evacuate British passport holders en-masse from the conflict-stricken country. \n\nUK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly made the announcement on Tuesday that it would fly British nationals back to the UK. \n\nDiplomats and embassy employees were already flown out of Sudan on Sunday. \n\nThe decision falls in line with other countries pulling their citizens from the region that has descended into chaos following 10 days of deadly fighting between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary.\u00a0\u00a0 \n\nIn the hopes of establishing dialogue, a US-brokered ceasefire announced by the head of US diplomacy went into effect at midnight Tuesday. \n\nAn upheld truce between the two warring sides however remains tenuous, as previous ceasefires have not been honoured. \n\n\"After intense negotiations over the past 48 hours, the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have agreed to implement a nationwide ceasefire beginning at midnight on April 24 (2200 GMT Monday), which is expected to last 72 hours,\" US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement Monday. \n\nThe RSF confirmed the announcement and maintained it would be a \"truce dedicated to the opening of humanitarian corridors and to facilitate civilian movement\". \n\nThe UN had earlier Monday called for a halt to the fighting to: \"keep Sudan off the precipice. And while the two sides had already announced that they would accept breaks in the fighting for several days, each time they accused the other of breaking the truce\". \n\nThis time, \"during this period, the United States expects the army and the RSF to fully and immediately respect the ceasefire\", warned Mr Blinken. \n\nExplosions, air raids and gunfire have not ceased since April 15 in Khartoum, forcing thousands of inhabitants in the capital to exit. Those who cannot flee are trying to survive, deprived of water and electricity, subject to food shortages and internet and telephone cuts. \n\nThe fighting has already left more than 420 people dead and 3,700 injured, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). \n\nThe violence in the east African country, one of the world's poorest, risks \"engulfing the entire region and beyond\", warned UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres. \n\nEU Member States begin evacuations \n\nMore than 1,000 European Union nationals have been evacuated in a \"complex operation\", EU chief Josep Borrell announced on Monday. \n\nIn addition to the EU, which has its own delegation in Khartoum, seven Member States (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Greece and the Czech Republic) are represented in the Sudanese capital. Some 1,500 Europeans were living in the country before the conflict, according to a European official. \n\nIn Italy, the first of two aircraft fleeing Khartoum arrived at Ciampino Military Airport in Rome on Monday. The second is expected late Tuesday evening. According to RAI, both flights carry 96 passengers in total, 83 Italians and 13 foreigners \u2013 including Sudanese and Greek citizens. \n\nFrance has evacuated nearly 400 of its citizens and others of multiple nationalities, operating several air rotations between Khartoum and Djibouti since Sunday. Paris has announced the closure of its embassy. \n\nGermany had evacuated 300 people on three flights on Sunday, to be followed by a fourth on Monday evening, bringing the total to 400, according to Defence Minister Boris Pistorius. \n\nForeign Minister Annalena Baerbock said the first three flights were carrying German nationals but also \"people from Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, the UK, Jordan and several African countries, among others\". \n\nThe situation is worsening \n\nSudanese nationals have already fled to Egypt and South Sudan. Among them, women and children are now crossing in the other direction, according to the UN. More than 20,000 Sudanese have taken refuge in Chad, which borders Darfur. \n\nSudan was ravaged in the 2000s by a war ordered by the dictator Omar al-Bashir, deposed in 2019, and led in particular by the Janjaweed militia, from which the RSF originated. \n\nThe war had been brewing for weeks between the two rival generals, who had joined forces to oust civilians from power in the 2021 putsch that ended the democratic transition. Both sides were unable to agree on the integration of the RSF into the regular troops, leading to the current conflict. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>A Royal Air Force plane has landed in a military airfield north of Sudan's capital Khartoum as part of a UK mission to evacuate British passport holders en-masse from the conflict-stricken country.<\/p>\n<p>UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly made the announcement on Tuesday that it would fly British nationals back to the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Diplomats and embassy employees were already flown out of Sudan on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The decision falls in line with other countries pulling their citizens from the region that has descended into chaos following 10 days of deadly fighting between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the hopes of establishing dialogue, a US-brokered ceasefire announced by the head of US diplomacy went into effect at midnight Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>An upheld truce between the two warring sides however remains tenuous, as previous ceasefires have not been honoured.<\/p>\n<p>\"After intense negotiations over the past 48 hours, the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have agreed to implement a nationwide ceasefire beginning at midnight on April 24 (2200 GMT Monday), which is expected to last 72 hours,\" <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//SecBlinken//status//1650597982793003008/">US Secretary of State Antony Blinken<\/strong><\/a> said in a statement Monday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1650604024700215308\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The RSF confirmed the announcement and maintained it would be a \"truce dedicated to the opening of humanitarian corridors and to facilitate civilian movement\".<\/p>\n<p>The UN had earlier Monday called for a halt to the fighting to: \"keep Sudan off the precipice. And while the two sides had already announced that they would accept breaks in the fighting for several days, each time they accused the other of breaking the truce\".<\/p>\n<p>This time, \"during this period, the United States expects the army and the RSF to fully and immediately respect the ceasefire\", warned Mr Blinken.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7556240\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//04//24//watch-rescue-teams-evacuate-people-from-sudan-amid-fierce-fighting/">WATCH: Rescue teams evacuate people from Sudan amid fierce fighting<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Explosions, air raids and gunfire have not ceased since April 15 in Khartoum, forcing thousands of inhabitants in the capital to exit. Those who cannot flee are trying to survive, deprived of water and electricity, subject to food shortages and internet and telephone cuts.<\/p>\n<p>The fighting has already left more than 420 people dead and 3,700 injured, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).<\/p>\n<p>The violence in the east African country, one of the world's poorest, risks \"engulfing the entire region and beyond\", warned UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres.<\/p>\n<h2>EU Member States begin evacuations<\/h2><p>More than 1,000 European Union nationals have been evacuated in a \"complex operation\", EU chief Josep Borrell announced on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the EU, which has its own delegation in Khartoum, seven Member States (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Greece and the Czech Republic) are represented in the Sudanese capital. Some 1,500 Europeans were living in the country before the conflict, according to a European official.<\/p>\n<p>In Italy, the first of two aircraft fleeing Khartoum arrived at Ciampino Military Airport in Rome on Monday. The second is expected late Tuesday evening. According to RAI, both flights carry 96 passengers in total, 83 Italians and 13 foreigners \u2013 including Sudanese and Greek citizens.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7556812\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//04//24//sudan-crisis-which-european-countries-are-evacuating-their-citizens/">Sudan crisis: Which European countries are evacuating their citizens?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>France has evacuated nearly 400 of its citizens and others of multiple nationalities, operating several air rotations between Khartoum and Djibouti since Sunday. Paris has announced the closure of its embassy.<\/p>\n<p>Germany had evacuated 300 people on three flights on Sunday, to be followed by a fourth on Monday evening, bringing the total to 400, according to Defence Minister Boris Pistorius.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said the first three flights were carrying German nationals but also \"people from Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, the UK, Jordan and several African countries, among others\".<\/p>\n<h2>The situation is worsening<\/h2><p>Sudanese nationals have already fled to Egypt and South Sudan. Among them, women and children are now crossing in the other direction, according to the UN. More than 20,000 Sudanese have taken refuge in Chad, which borders Darfur.<\/p>\n<p>Sudan was ravaged in the 2000s by a war ordered by the dictator Omar al-Bashir, deposed in 2019, and led in particular by the Janjaweed militia, from which the RSF originated.<\/p>\n<p>The war had been brewing for weeks between the two rival generals, who had joined forces to oust civilians from power in the 2021 putsch that ended the democratic transition. Both sides were unable to agree on the integration of the RSF into the regular troops, leading to the current conflict.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1682389195,"updatedAt":1682420163,"publishedAt":1682404809,"firstPublishedAt":1682404814,"lastPublishedAt":1682418681,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP","altText":"Smoke billows over Sudan's capital Khartoum from an explosion following intense fighting between the army and the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary","callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"caption":"Smoke billows over Sudan's capital Khartoum from an explosion following intense fighting between the army and the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary","url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/55\/14\/98\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_dc086aba-b6a5-5070-a7a8-f84833e21585-7551498.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":576}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"urlSafeValue":"sudan","titleRaw":"Sudan","id":8029,"title":"Sudan","slug":"sudan"},{"urlSafeValue":"civil-war","titleRaw":"Civil War","id":4427,"title":"Civil War","slug":"civil-war"},{"urlSafeValue":"usa","titleRaw":"USA","id":447,"title":"USA","slug":"usa"}],"widgets":[{"count":1,"slug":"twitter"},{"count":2,"slug":"related"}],"related":[{"id":2256634},{"id":2256798},{"id":2258320}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"VHK3H6fKEa0","dailymotionId":"x8ke1o3"},"video":1,"videos":[{"duration":70000,"editor":"","filesizeBytes":9299154,"format":"mp4","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/med\/EN\/NW\/SU\/23\/04\/25\/en\/230425_NWSU_51370174_51375092_70000_120141_en.mp4","expiresAt":0,"quality":"md"},{"duration":70000,"editor":"","filesizeBytes":13977810,"format":"mp4","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/EN\/NW\/SU\/23\/04\/25\/en\/230425_NWSU_51370174_51375092_70000_120141_en.mp4","expiresAt":0,"quality":"hd"}],"liveStream":[{"endDate":0,"startDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"AFP","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Euronews","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"world news","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"urlSafeValue":"news","id":1,"title":"News","slug":"news"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"urlSafeValue":"news","id":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":3,"urlSafeValue":"africa","title":"Africa"},"country":{"id":263,"urlSafeValue":"sudan","title":"Sudan","url":"\/news\/africa\/sudan"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'gb_death_injury_news-ent','gt_mixed','gv_military','gs_busfin','gs_genres','gs_busfin_indus','gs_politics_misc','gv_death_injury','gs_politics','gs_busfin_indus_healthcare','gs_busfin_indus_pharma','gt_positive_happiness'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"daletEventName":"SUDAN: EVACUATION","path":"\/2023\/04\/25\/sudan-implements-72-hour-ceasefire-as-evacuations-persist-fragile-truce-takes-hold","lastModified":1682418681},{"id":2256798,"cid":7556812,"versionId":2,"archive":0,"housenumber":"230424_NWSU_51365087","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Sudan crisis: Which European countries are evacuating their citizens?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Sudan crisis: Which European countries are evacuating their citizens?","titleListing2":"\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udde9 Sudan crisis: Which European countries are evacuating their citizens? We've got a list of all the countries taking action so far. ","leadin":"As continued fighting raises fears that Sudan could plunge deeper into chaos, European governments are scrambling to get their diplomats and other citizens out.","summary":"As continued fighting raises fears that Sudan could plunge deeper into chaos, European governments are scrambling to get their diplomats and other citizens out.","keySentence":"","url":"sudan-crisis-which-european-countries-are-evacuating-their-citizens","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/04\/24\/sudan-crisis-which-european-countries-are-evacuating-their-citizens","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"As continued fighting raises fears of Sudan plunging into deeper chaos, foreign governments have started to get their diplomats and other citizens safely out of the country.\u00a0 \n\nSeveral European countries are amongst the first ones to deploy military transport for safe evacuation,\u00a0including France which used its airbase in neighboring Djibouti for the airlift. \n\nBased on the information available so far, here's what we know about the European evacuation efforts country-by-country:\u00a0 \n\nUnited Kingdom \n\nSome 1,200 British soldiers who were part of a military operation out of a key British air base on the east Mediterranean island of Cyprus helped evacuate around 30 UK diplomatic staff and their families out of Sudan. Arrangements are being made to fly the evacuees back home from Cyprus.\u00a0 \n\nBut not all is going smoothly \u2013 about 2,000 British nationals remain in Sudan, and many complain that their government isn\u2019t giving them enough information about evacuation plans. \n\nBritain\u2019s Middle East Minister, Andrew Mitchell, said \u201cintense planning\u201d was underway for a \u201cseries of possible evacuations.\u201d \n\n\nMeanwhile Britain's foreign minister James Cleverly tweeted that staff had more than 6000 phone calls and messages with British nationals in Sudan and had more than 200 staff \"working 24\/7\".\u00a0 \n\nThe Foreign Office said the situation in Sudan \"remains perilous\" and that there were \"reports of evacuation convoys coming under fire.\"\u00a0 \n\nFrance \n\nFrance brought out 388 people, including citizens from 28 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and North America, on four flights to Djibouti, in the nearby Horn of Africa, two of them overnight Sunday. \n\nFrench military personnel also evacuated other European nationalities including from Germany, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Netherlands, Sweden, Romania and Switzerland -- as well as non-EU nationals from more than a dozen other countries.\u00a0 \n\nFrench President Emmanuel Macron tweeted a picture of a French military plane involved in the evacuation, and warned that \"Sudan is in the middle of violent clashes.\" \n\nGermany \n\nThree German military transport planes flew 311 people from Sudan to Jordan from where they\u2019ll head to their home countries. \n\nGermany\u2019s Foreign Ministry said Monday that about half of the 311 were foreign nationals.\u00a0The dpa news agency said among the evacuees were citizens of Australia, Bulgaria, the U.K., Belgium, Norway, Czechia, Ireland, Sweden, and Portugal. The Austrian government said 27 people were Austrian citizens. \n\nAnd the Africa Director at Germany's foreign ministry has been reaching out to Africa Union representatives in Addis Ababa \"to find ways to end the fighting in Sudan,\" the ministry tweeted on Monday.\u00a0 \n\nItaly \n\nItalian Air Force C-130 transport aircraft airlifted some 200 people out of Khartoum airport Sunday evening and flew them to Djibouti. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said among them were 140 Italians, some Swiss, other Europeans, and personnel from the Vatican\u2019s embassy in Khartoum. \n\n\"All the Italians who have asked to leave from Sudan are safe,\" Tajani wrote on Twitter.\u00a0 \n\n\"I am proud of the teamwork that led to the success of this delicate and complex evacuation operation. I thank the military, intelligence and diplomacy.\"\u00a0 \n\nSpain \n\nSpain said it had evacuated approximately 172 people from the Sudanese capital to Djibouti so far, including 34 Spanish nationals and citizens of Argentina, Colombia, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Portugal and Poland. \n\nNetherlands \n\nA Dutch air force C-130 Hercules flew out of Sudan to Jordan early Monday carrying evacuees of various nationalities, including Dutch. No exact numbers have been provided. \n\nSweden and Denmark \n\nSweden says 25 of its embassy staff and their families were among the 388 people that French aircraft airlifted to Djibouti. Denmark said 15 of its citizens were among the group. \n\nFinland \n\nFinnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto tweeted that 10 Finns had been evacuated from Khartoum, including children. He said efforts were underway to evacuate several Finns who remain in the Sudanese capital. \n\n\"The evacuation of Finns from Sudan has progressed well during the night. A total of 10 Finns have been evacuated. Among them are children. A few who asked for help are still in Khartoum, and efforts are being made to get them out. The situation is still difficult and dangerous.\" \n\n\nPoland \n\nPoland\u2019s Foreign Ministry said 11 Poles \u2013 including the ambassador to Sudan, diplomatic staff, and private citizens - have been evacuated as part of French and Spanish efforts. \n\nGreece \n\nGreece's Foreign Ministry says that 15 Greek nationals and their family members have been evacuated to Djibouti with the help of Italy. \n\nNorway \n\nNorway's Ambassador to Sudan Endre Stiansen has tweeted that he and two colleagues are \u201cin a safe place outside Sudan\u201d after a successful evacuation.\u00a0 \n\nTurkey \n\nThe Turkish government says it\u2019s evacuating \u201chundreds\u201d of its citizens by land to Ethiopia, from where they are scheduled to be flown to Istanbul. \n\nRest of the world \n\nThe US, Japan, South Africa, Kenya, South Korea, Jordan, Palestine, and Egypt are amongst the non-European states to evacuate their citizens from Sudan.\u00a0 \n\nWhile the US has said no mass evacuation will be in place for some 16000 US citizens in Sudan, its special operations forces used helicopters to ferry 70 embassy personnel out of Khartoum early Sunday.\u00a0 \n\nEgypt is urging more than 10,000 Egyptian citizens to\u00a0consular offices in Port Sudan and Wadi Halfa in the north for evacuation.\u00a0Buses carrying an undisclosed number of Egyptian citizens crossed into Egypt from the Arqin border crossing on Monday. \n\nKenyan and South African nationals, students, and embassy staffs are on their way out of the Sudanese capital via different government-led arrangements.\u00a0 \n\nSome 343 Jordanian\u00a0nationals evacuated from Port Sudan arrived at Amman military airport aboard four transport aircraft. \n\nThe Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates says some 72 Palestinians have relocated to Port Sudan while vehicle convoys are carrying about 200 Palestinians to Egypt. \n\nSouth Korea and Japan are ready to airlift their citizens via separate military aircraft once preparations are completed. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>As continued fighting raises fears of Sudan plunging into deeper chaos, foreign governments have started to get their diplomats and other citizens safely out of the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Several European countries are amongst the first ones to deploy military transport for safe evacuation,\u00a0including France which used its airbase in neighboring Djibouti for the airlift.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the information available so far, here's what we know about the European evacuation efforts country-by-country:\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>United Kingdom<\/h2><p>Some 1,200 British soldiers who were part of a military operation out of a key British air base on the east Mediterranean island of Cyprus helped evacuate around 30 UK diplomatic staff and their families out of Sudan. Arrangements are being made to fly the evacuees back home from Cyprus.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But not all is going smoothly \u2013 about 2,000 British nationals remain in Sudan, and many complain that their government isn\u2019t giving them enough information about evacuation plans.<\/p>\n<p>Britain\u2019s Middle East Minister, Andrew Mitchell, said \u201cintense planning\u201d was underway for a \u201cseries of possible evacuations.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1650497394809753605\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile Britain's foreign minister James Cleverly tweeted that staff had more than 6000 phone calls and messages with British nationals in Sudan and had more than 200 staff \"working 24\/7\".\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Foreign Office said the situation in Sudan \"remains perilous\" and that there were \"reports of evacuation convoys coming under fire.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>France<\/h2><p>France brought out 388 people, including citizens from 28 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and North America, on four flights to Djibouti, in the nearby Horn of Africa, two of them overnight Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>French military personnel also evacuated other European nationalities including from Germany, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Netherlands, Sweden, Romania and Switzerland -- as well as non-EU nationals from more than a dozen other countries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1650466264081473536\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted a picture of a French military plane involved in the evacuation, and warned that \"Sudan is in the middle of violent clashes.\"<\/p>\n<h2>Germany<\/h2><p>Three German military transport planes flew 311 people from Sudan to Jordan from where they\u2019ll head to their home countries.<\/p>\n<p>Germany\u2019s Foreign Ministry said Monday that about half of the 311 were foreign nationals.\u00a0The dpa news agency said among the evacuees were citizens of Australia, Bulgaria, the U.K., Belgium, Norway, Czechia, Ireland, Sweden, and Portugal. The Austrian government said 27 people were Austrian citizens.<\/p>\n<p>And the Africa Director at Germany's foreign ministry has been reaching out to Africa Union representatives in Addis Ababa \"to find ways to end the fighting in Sudan,\" the ministry tweeted on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Italy<\/h2><p>Italian Air Force C-130 transport aircraft airlifted some 200 people out of Khartoum airport Sunday evening and flew them to Djibouti. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said among them were 140 Italians, some Swiss, other Europeans, and personnel from the Vatican\u2019s embassy in Khartoum.<\/p>\n<p>\"All the Italians who have asked to leave from Sudan are safe,\" Tajani wrote on Twitter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"I am proud of the teamwork that led to the success of this delicate and complex evacuation operation. I thank the military, intelligence and diplomacy.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Spain<\/h2><p>Spain said it had evacuated approximately 172 people from the Sudanese capital to Djibouti so far, including 34 Spanish nationals and citizens of Argentina, Colombia, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Portugal and Poland.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1650515804994019333\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Netherlands<\/h2><p>A Dutch air force C-130 Hercules flew out of Sudan to Jordan early Monday carrying evacuees of various nationalities, including Dutch. No exact numbers have been provided.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1650517856172355596\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Sweden and Denmark<\/h2><p>Sweden says 25 of its embassy staff and their families were among the 388 people that French aircraft airlifted to Djibouti. Denmark said 15 of its citizens were among the group.<\/p>\n<h2>Finland<\/h2><p>Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto tweeted that 10 Finns had been evacuated from Khartoum, including children. He said efforts were underway to evacuate several Finns who remain in the Sudanese capital.<\/p>\n<p>\"The evacuation of Finns from Sudan has progressed well during the night. A total of 10 Finns have been evacuated. Among them are children. A few who asked for help are still in Khartoum, and efforts are being made to get them out. The situation is still difficult and dangerous.\" <\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7552144,7546562,7542052\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//04//20//terrified-citizens-flee-khartoum-as-warring-generals-declare-a-ceasefire-in-sudan/">Terrified citizens flee Khartoum as warring generals declare a ceasefire in Sudan<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//04//22//baerbock-calls-for-sudan-ceasefire-as-countries-plan-evacuation-of-their-citizens/">Sudan's army says evacuations of diplomats expected to begin<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2023//04//18//eu-ambassador-to-sudan-assaulted-at-his-home-in-gross-violation-of-international-law/">EU Ambassador to Sudan assaulted at his home in 'gross violation' of international law<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Poland<\/h2><p>Poland\u2019s Foreign Ministry said 11 Poles \u2013 including the ambassador to Sudan, diplomatic staff, and private citizens - have been evacuated as part of French and Spanish efforts.<\/p>\n<h2>Greece<\/h2><p>Greece's Foreign Ministry says that 15 Greek nationals and their family members have been evacuated to Djibouti with the help of Italy.<\/p>\n<h2>Norway<\/h2><p>Norway's Ambassador to Sudan Endre Stiansen has tweeted that he and two colleagues are \u201cin a safe place outside Sudan\u201d after a successful evacuation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div 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- SUDAN EVACUATION","path":"\/video\/2023\/04\/24\/watch-rescue-teams-evacuate-people-from-sudan-amid-fierce-fighting","lastModified":1682339337},{"id":2256136,"cid":7554684,"versionId":9,"archive":0,"housenumber":"230424_NWSU_51354073","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Sudan: Foreigners flee as UN warns of 'catastrophic conflagration'","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Sudan: Foreigners flee as UN warns of 'catastrophic conflagration'","titleListing2":"Sudan: Foreigners flee as UN warns of 'catastrophic conflagration'\n","leadin":"Governments around the world step up evacuations from Sudan as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warns of a \u201ccatastrophic conflagration\u201d that could engulf the whole region","summary":"Governments around the world step up evacuations from Sudan as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warns of a \u201ccatastrophic conflagration\u201d that could engulf the whole region","keySentence":"","url":"diplomats-flee-sudan-fighting-as-citizens-struggle-to-escape","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/04\/24\/diplomats-flee-sudan-fighting-as-citizens-struggle-to-escape","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Foreign governments are stepping up the pace of evacuations of diplomats, staff and citizens from Sudan as fears grow that rival generals factions will escalate their battle for power. \n\nThe UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of a \u201ccatastrophic conflagration\u201d that could engulf the whole region. \n\nIn dramatic evacuation operations, convoys of foreign diplomats, civilian teachers, students, workers and families from dozens of countries wound past combatants at tense front lines in the capital of Khartoum to reach extraction points. Others drove hundreds of miles to the country's east coast. \n\nA stream of European, Mideast, African and Asian military aircraft flew in all day Sunday and Monday to ferry them out. \n\nThe United States has also started facilitating the departure of its private citizens who want to leave, according to White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan. \n\nSullivan said the US has placed intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets over the land evacuation route to help facilitate safe travel by land from Khartoum to the Port of Sudan, but does not have any US troops on the ground. \n\nFrance, Germany, Canada, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Norway, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Turkey and Japan are among the many other countries that have started helping their citizens leave.\u00a0 \n\nBritish government under pressure \n\nThe UK has at least 2,000 of its citizens still in Sudan and has come in for criticism at home for not yet announcing any kind of plan to get them out. \n\nSome 1,200 British soldiers who were part of a military operation out of a key British air base on the east Mediterranean island of Cyprus helped evacuate around 30 UK diplomatic staff and their families but many other British citizens are becoming more desperate to escape the violence.\u00a0 \n\n\u00a0Britain\u2019s Africa Minister, Andrew Mitchell, said \u201cintense planning\u201d was underway for a \u201cseries of possible evacuations\u201d and reiterated UK foreign office advice for UK citizens in Sudan to stay indoors and await further instructions.\u00a0 \n\nTwo French flights took off Sunday from Khartoum to Djibouti, carrying some 200 people from various countries, and more were planned for Monday. \n\nAn Italian air force C-130 that left Khartoum with evacuees landed Sunday night at an air base in Djibouti, the country's Defence Ministry said. Another plane, carrying Italy's ambassador and military personnel involved in the evacuation, was expected in Djibouti later that night. \n\nSpain has evacuated some thirty nationals and 70 others from European or Latin American countries to Djibouti following an operation coordinated by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the European Union. \n\nThe EU's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, told reporters in Luxemburg on Monday that more than one thousand European citizens have been evacuated from Sudan,\u00a0and that 21 people have already arrived in Europe. \n\n\"It has been a long weekend, a long and intense weekend trying to take our people out of Sudan. It has been a complex operation and it has been a successful operation, first the staff of the European Union, 21 people are already in Europe and many more European Union citizens are already out of Sudan, I can't give you the concrete figure, it's more than 1,000 people for sure,\" he said. \n\n\u201cWe have to continue pushing for a political settlement. We cannot afford that Sudan, which is a very populated country, implodes because it will be sending shockwaves around the whole [of] Africa\u201d, he added.\u00a0 \n\nOfficials in Jordan said four planes landed at Amman military airport carrying 343 Jordanian evacuees from Port Sudan. \n\nSudan fears the worst \n\nBut for many Sudanese, the airlifts are a terrifying sign that international powers, after failing repeatedly to broker ceasefires, only expect a worsening of the fighting that has already pushed the population into disaster. The latest nominal cease-fire, which brought almost no reduction in fighting, was due to run out Monday evening. \n\nMeanwhile, Sudanese nationals are desperately trying to flee the violence. Many risked dangerous roads to cross the northern border into Egypt. \n\nOver 420 people, including 264 civilians, have been killed and over 3,700 wounded in fighting between the Sudanese armed forces and the powerful paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces, or RSF. \n\n\u201cMy family (my mother, my siblings and my nephews) are on the road from Sudan to Cairo through Aswan,\u201d prominent Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abual-Ala wrote on Facebook. \n\nThe power struggle between the Sudanese military, led by General Abdel-Fattah Burhan, and the RSF, led by General Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, has dealt a harsh blow to Sudan's hopes for a democratic transition. The rival generals came to power after a pro-democracy uprising led to the ouster of the former strongman, al-Bashir.\u00a0 \n\nIn 2021, the generals joined forces to seize power in a coup. \n\nThe current violence came after Burhan and Dagalo fell out over a recent internationally brokered deal with democracy activists meant to incorporate the RSF into the military and eventually lead to civilian rule. \n\nBoth generals, each craving international legitimacy, have accused the other of obstructing the evacuations. The Sudanese military alleged the RSF opened fire on a French convoy, wounding a French national. The RSF countered the attack by warplanes as French citizens and diplomats left the embassy for Omdurman, saying the military\u2019s strikes \u201cendangered the lives of French nationals.\u201d \n\nHospitals have struggled as the violence rages on. Many wounded are stranded by the fighting, according to the Sudan Doctors\u2019 Syndicate which monitors casualties. It has suggested the death toll is probably higher than anticipated. \n\nThousands of Sudanese have fled fighting in Khartoum and elsewhere, UN agencies said, but millions are sheltering in their homes amid explosions, gunfire and looting without adequate electricity, food or water. \n\nIn the western region of Darfur, up to 20,000 people left for neighbouring Chad. War is not new to Darfur, where ethnically motivated violence has killed up to 300,000 people since 2003. But Sudan is not used to such heavy fighting in its capital, which \"has become a ghost city,\u201d said Atiya Abdalla Atiya from the Doctors\u2019 Syndicate. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Foreign governments are stepping up the pace of evacuations of diplomats, staff and citizens from Sudan as fears grow that rival generals factions will escalate their battle for power.<\/p>\n<p>The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of a \u201ccatastrophic conflagration\u201d that could engulf the whole region.<\/p>\n<p>In dramatic evacuation operations, convoys of foreign diplomats, civilian teachers, students, workers and families from dozens of countries wound past combatants at tense front lines in the capital of Khartoum to reach extraction points. Others drove hundreds of miles to the country's east coast.<\/p>\n<p>A stream of European, Mideast, African and Asian military aircraft flew in all day Sunday and Monday to ferry them out.<\/p>\n<p>The United States has also started facilitating the departure of its private citizens who want to leave, according to White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan.<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan said the US has placed intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets over the land evacuation route to help facilitate safe travel by land from Khartoum to the Port of Sudan, but does not have any US troops on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>France, Germany, Canada, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Norway, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Turkey and Japan are among the many other countries that have started helping their citizens leave.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>British government under pressure<\/h2><p>The UK has at least 2,000 of its citizens still in Sudan and has come in for criticism at home for not yet announcing any kind of plan to get them out.<\/p>\n<p>Some 1,200 British soldiers who were part of a military operation out of a key British air base on the east Mediterranean island of Cyprus helped evacuate around 30 UK diplomatic staff and their families but many other British citizens are becoming more desperate to escape the violence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Britain\u2019s Africa Minister, Andrew Mitchell, said \u201cintense planning\u201d was underway for a \u201cseries of possible evacuations\u201d and reiterated UK foreign office advice for UK citizens in Sudan to stay indoors and await further instructions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Two French flights took off Sunday from Khartoum to Djibouti, carrying some 200 people from various countries, and more were planned for Monday.<\/h2><p>An Italian air force C-130 that left Khartoum with evacuees landed Sunday night at an air base in Djibouti, the country's Defence Ministry said. Another plane, carrying Italy's ambassador and military personnel involved in the evacuation, was expected in Djibouti later that night.<\/p>\n<p>Spain has evacuated some thirty nationals and 70 others from European or Latin American countries to Djibouti following an operation coordinated by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the European Union.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1650424887004078080\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The EU's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, told reporters in Luxemburg on Monday that more than one thousand European citizens have been evacuated from Sudan,\u00a0and that 21 people have already arrived in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>\"It has been a long weekend, a long and intense weekend trying to take our people out of Sudan. It has been a complex operation and it has been a successful operation, first the staff of the European Union, 21 people are already in Europe and many more European Union citizens are already out of Sudan, I can't give you the concrete figure, it's more than 1,000 people for sure,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to continue pushing for a political settlement. We cannot afford that Sudan, which is a very populated country, implodes because it will be sending shockwaves around the whole [of] Africa\u201d, he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Officials in Jordan said four planes landed at Amman military airport carrying 343 Jordanian evacuees from Port Sudan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5626432391138273\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//55//46//84//808x454_cmsv2_4bd5204f-d593-52fb-9e1d-a55c32c83e33-7554684.jpg/" alt=\"French Armed Forces via AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/55\/46\/84\/384x216_cmsv2_4bd5204f-d593-52fb-9e1d-a55c32c83e33-7554684.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/55\/46\/84\/640x360_cmsv2_4bd5204f-d593-52fb-9e1d-a55c32c83e33-7554684.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/55\/46\/84\/750x422_cmsv2_4bd5204f-d593-52fb-9e1d-a55c32c83e33-7554684.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/55\/46\/84\/828x466_cmsv2_4bd5204f-d593-52fb-9e1d-a55c32c83e33-7554684.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/55\/46\/84\/1080x608_cmsv2_4bd5204f-d593-52fb-9e1d-a55c32c83e33-7554684.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/55\/46\/84\/1200x675_cmsv2_4bd5204f-d593-52fb-9e1d-a55c32c83e33-7554684.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/55\/46\/84\/1920x1080_cmsv2_4bd5204f-d593-52fb-9e1d-a55c32c83e33-7554684.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">French military personnel load belongings of evacuees onto a plane at the airport in Khartoum, Sudan<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">French Armed Forces via AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Sudan fears the worst<\/h2><p>But for many Sudanese, the airlifts are a terrifying sign that international powers, after failing repeatedly to broker ceasefires, only expect a worsening of the fighting that has already pushed the population into disaster. The latest nominal cease-fire, which brought almost no reduction in fighting, was due to run out Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Sudanese nationals are desperately trying to flee the violence. Many risked dangerous roads to cross the northern border into Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>Over 420 people, including 264 civilians, have been killed and over 3,700 wounded in fighting between the Sudanese armed forces and the powerful paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces, or RSF.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy family (my mother, my siblings and my nephews) are on the road from Sudan to Cairo through Aswan,\u201d prominent Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abual-Ala wrote on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>The power struggle between the Sudanese military, led by General Abdel-Fattah Burhan, and the RSF, led by General Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, has dealt a harsh blow to Sudan's hopes for a democratic transition. The rival generals came to power after a pro-democracy uprising led to the ouster of the former strongman, al-Bashir.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, the generals joined forces to seize power in a coup.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//55//46//84//808x454_cmsv2_10546b97-9e8c-509f-a531-78cf6f6c1e61-7554684.jpg/" alt=\"Maheen S via AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/55\/46\/84\/384x216_cmsv2_10546b97-9e8c-509f-a531-78cf6f6c1e61-7554684.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/55\/46\/84\/640x360_cmsv2_10546b97-9e8c-509f-a531-78cf6f6c1e61-7554684.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/55\/46\/84\/750x422_cmsv2_10546b97-9e8c-509f-a531-78cf6f6c1e61-7554684.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/55\/46\/84\/828x466_cmsv2_10546b97-9e8c-509f-a531-78cf6f6c1e61-7554684.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/55\/46\/84\/1080x608_cmsv2_10546b97-9e8c-509f-a531-78cf6f6c1e61-7554684.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/55\/46\/84\/1200x675_cmsv2_10546b97-9e8c-509f-a531-78cf6f6c1e61-7554684.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/55\/46\/84\/1920x1080_cmsv2_10546b97-9e8c-509f-a531-78cf6f6c1e61-7554684.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Smoke fills the sky in Khartoum, Sudan, near Doha International Hospital on Friday<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Maheen S via AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The current violence came after Burhan and Dagalo fell out over a recent internationally brokered deal with democracy activists meant to incorporate the RSF into the military and eventually lead to civilian rule.<\/p>\n<p>Both generals, each craving international legitimacy, have accused the other of obstructing the evacuations. The Sudanese military alleged the RSF opened fire on a French convoy, wounding a French national. The RSF countered the attack by warplanes as French citizens and diplomats left the embassy for Omdurman, saying the military\u2019s strikes \u201cendangered the lives of French nationals.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1650408541428101123\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hospitals have struggled as the violence rages on. Many wounded are stranded by the fighting, according to the Sudan Doctors\u2019 Syndicate which monitors casualties. It has suggested the death toll is probably higher than anticipated.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of Sudanese have fled fighting in Khartoum and elsewhere, UN agencies said, but millions are sheltering in their homes amid explosions, gunfire and looting without adequate electricity, food or water.<\/p>\n<p>In the western region of Darfur, up to 20,000 people left for neighbouring Chad. War is not new to Darfur, where ethnically motivated violence has killed up to 300,000 people since 2003. But Sudan is not used to such heavy fighting in its capital, which \"has become a ghost city,\u201d said Atiya Abdalla Atiya from the Doctors\u2019 Syndicate.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1682282556,"updatedAt":1682400110,"publishedAt":1682314923,"firstPublishedAt":1682314926,"lastPublishedAt":1682400110,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Gregorio Borgia\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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A French national was shot by a sniper when a convoy from its embassy was attacked.","summary":"Foreign governments scrambled to rescue their consular staff and families from Khartoum with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and US President Joe Biden both tweeting about military operations. A French national was shot by a sniper when a convoy from its embassy was attacked.","keySentence":"","url":"international-rescue-foreign-governments-lift-diplomats-out-of-sudan","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/04\/23\/international-rescue-foreign-governments-lift-diplomats-out-of-sudan","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Foreign governments evacuated diplomats, staff and others trapped in Sudan on Sunday as rival generals battled for a ninth day with no sign of a truce that had been declared for a major Muslim holiday. \n\nWhile world powers like the U.S. and Britain airlifted their diplomats from the capital of Khartoum, Sudanese desperately sought to flee the chaos. Many risked dangerous roads to seek safer spots or crossed the northern frontier into Egypt. \n\n\"My family -- my mother, my siblings and my nephews -- are on the road from Sudan to Cairo through Aswan,\" prominent Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abual-Ala wrote on Facebook. \n\nFighting 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. \n\n\"We did not see such a truce,\" Amin al-Tayed said from his home near state TV headquarters in Omdurman, adding that heavy gunfire and thundering explosions rocked the city. \n\nMore than 420 killed \n\nMore than 420 people, including 264 civilians, have been killed and more than 3,700 have been wounded in the fighting between the Sudanese armed forces and the powerful paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces, or RSF. \n\nIn Sunday's fighting, a senior military official said army and police repelled an RSF attack on Kober Prison in Khartoum where Sudan's longtime ruler, Omar al-Bashir, and former officials in his movement have been imprisoned since he was ousted in 2019. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to talk to the media, said a number of prisoners fled but al-Bashir and other high-profile inmates were still held in a \"highly secure\" area. The official said \"a few prisoners\" were killed or wounded. \n\nThe RSF claimed later Sunday that the military removed al-Bashir and other prisoners from the facility, although the statement could not be independently confirmed. \n\nThe ongoing violence has paralyzed the main international airport, destroying civilian planes and damaging at least one runway. Other airports also have been knocked out of operation. \n\nThe Arqin border crossing with Egypt was crowded with about 30 passenger buses holding at least 55 people each, said Suliman al-Kouni, an Egyptian dental student who fled northward from Khartoum with dozens of other Egyptian students. \n\n\"We travelled 15 hours on land at our own risk,\" al-Kouni told The Associated Press by phone. \"But many of our friends are still trapped in Sudan.\" \n\nThick, black smoke filled the sky over Khartoum's airport. The RSF claimed the armed forces unleashed airstrikes on the up market neighbourhood of Kfoury, north of Khartoum. There was no immediate army comment. \n\nThe country experienced a \"near-total collapse\" of internet and phone connections nationwide Sunday, according to the monitoring service NetBlocks. \n\n\"It's possible that infrastructure has been damaged or sabotaged,\" said Netblocks director Alp Toker. \"This will have a major effect on residents' ability to stay safe and will impact the evacuation programs that are ongoing.\" \n\nAfter a week of bloody battles that hindered rescues, U.S. special forces swiftly evacuated 70 U.S. Embassy staffers from Khartoum to Ethiopia early Sunday. Although American officials said it was too dangerous for a government-coordinated evacuation of private citizens, other countries scrambled to remove citizens and diplomats. \n\nBritish diplomats evacuated \"amid a significant escalation in violence\" \n\nBritain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak tweeted that U.K. armed forces evacuated British diplomatic staff and their families \"amid a significant escalation in violence and threats.\" Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said over 1,200 military personnel were involved. \n\nFrance, Greece, Jordan and other nations also organised flights. The Netherlands sent two Hercules C-130 planes and an Airbus A330 to Jordan for 152 Dutch citizens who made their way from Sudan to an undisclosed evacuation point, but \"not without risks,\" said Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren. Italy, seeking to extract 140 of its nationals, sent military jets to Djibouti in the Gulf of Aden, said Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani. \n\nOverland travel through contested areas has proven dangerous. Khartoum is about 840 kilometres (520 miles) from Port Sudan on the Red Sea. \n\nOn Saturday, Saudi Arabia said it evacuated 157 people, including 91 Saudi nationals and citizens of other countries. Saudi state TV showed a large convoy of cars and buses travelling from Khartoum to Port Sudan, where a navy ship took them to the Saudi port of Jeddah. \n\nPower struggle \n\nThe power struggle between the Sudanese military, led by Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, and the RSF, led by Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, has dealt a harsh blow to Sudan's hopes for a democratic transition. The rival generals came to power after a pro-democracy uprising led to the ouster of the former strongman, al-Bashir. In 2021, the generals joined forces to seize power in a coup. \n\nThe current violence came after Burhan and Dagalo fell out over a recent internationally brokered deal with democracy activists that was meant to incorporate the RSF into the military and eventually lead to civilian rule. \n\nBoth generals, each craving international legitimacy, have accused the other of obstructing the evacuations. The Sudanese military alleged the RSF opened fire on a French convoy, wounding a French national. The RSF countered it came under attack by warplanes as French citizens and diplomats left the embassy for Omdurman, saying the military's strikes \"endangered the lives of French nationals.\" \n\nFrench President Emmanuel Macron and his foreign minister were given security guarantees by both sides for the evacuation, according to Defense and Foreign Ministry officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorised to talk publicly. The officials said a military flight carrying about 100 people left Khartoum for Djibouti, with another planned. \n\nHospitals have struggled as violence rages. Many wounded are stranded by the fighting, according to the Sudan Doctors' Syndicate that monitors casualties, suggesting the death toll is probably higher than what is known. \n\nThe Italian medical group Emergency said 46 of its staff refused to leave, working in hospitals in Khartoum, Nyala and Port Sudan. \n\nThousands of Sudanese have fled Khartoum and other hot spots, according to U.N. agencies, but millions are sheltering in their homes from explosions, gunfire and looting without adequate electricity, food or water. \n\nIn the western region of Darfur, up to 20,000 people left for neighbouring Chad. War is not new to Darfur, where ethnically motivated violence has killed as many as 300,000 people since 2003. But Sudan is not used to such heavy fighting in its capital, which \"has become a ghost city,\" said Atiya Abdalla Atiya, secretary of the Doctors' Syndicate. \n\nFighters attacked a U.S. Embassy convoy last week, and stormed the home of the European Union ambassador to Sudan. The recent violence wounded an Egyptian Embassy employee in Sudan, according to Egypt's Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zaid. \n\nEgypt, which said it had over 10,000 citizens in Sudan, urged those in cities other than Khartoum to head to consular offices in Port Sudan and Wadi Halfa in the north for evacuation, the state-run MENA news agency reported. \n\nKhalid Omar, a spokesman for the pro-democracy bloc that seeks to restore civilian rule, urged the military and the RSF to return to talks to resolve their differences. \n\n\"There is an opportunity to stop this war and put the county on the right path,\" he wrote on Facebook. \"This is a war fueled by groups from the deposed regime who want it to continue.\" \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Foreign governments evacuated diplomats, staff and others trapped in Sudan on Sunday as rival generals battled for a ninth day with no sign of a truce that had been declared for a major Muslim holiday.<\/p>\n<p>While world powers like the U.S. and Britain airlifted their diplomats from the capital of Khartoum, Sudanese desperately sought to flee the chaos. Many risked dangerous roads to seek safer spots or crossed the northern frontier into Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>\"My family -- my mother, my siblings and my nephews -- are on the road from Sudan to Cairo through Aswan,\" prominent Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abual-Ala wrote on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>\"We did not see such a truce,\" Amin al-Tayed said from his home near state TV headquarters in Omdurman, adding that heavy gunfire and thundering explosions rocked the city.<\/p>\n<h2>More than 420 killed<\/h2><p>More than 420 people, including 264 civilians, have been killed and more than 3,700 have been wounded in the fighting between the Sudanese armed forces and the powerful paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces, or RSF.<\/p>\n<p>In Sunday's fighting, a senior military official said army and police repelled an RSF attack on Kober Prison in Khartoum where Sudan's longtime ruler, Omar al-Bashir, and former officials in his movement have been imprisoned since he was ousted in 2019. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to talk to the media, said a number of prisoners fled but al-Bashir and other high-profile inmates were still held in a \"highly secure\" area. The official said \"a few prisoners\" were killed or wounded.<\/p>\n<p>The RSF claimed later Sunday that the military removed al-Bashir and other prisoners from the facility, although the statement could not be independently confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing violence has paralyzed the main international airport, destroying civilian planes and damaging at least one runway. Other airports also have been knocked out of operation.<\/p>\n<p>The Arqin border crossing with Egypt was crowded with about 30 passenger buses holding at least 55 people each, said Suliman al-Kouni, an Egyptian dental student who fled northward from Khartoum with dozens of other Egyptian students.<\/p>\n<p>\"We travelled 15 hours on land at our own risk,\" al-Kouni told The Associated Press by phone. \"But many of our friends are still trapped in Sudan.\"<\/p>\n<p>Thick, black smoke filled the sky over Khartoum's airport. The RSF claimed the armed forces unleashed airstrikes on the up market neighbourhood of Kfoury, north of Khartoum. There was no immediate army comment.<\/p>\n<p>The country experienced a \"near-total collapse\" of internet and phone connections nationwide Sunday, according to the monitoring service NetBlocks.<\/p>\n<p>\"It's possible that infrastructure has been damaged or sabotaged,\" said Netblocks director Alp Toker. \"This will have a major effect on residents' ability to stay safe and will impact the evacuation programs that are ongoing.\"<\/p>\n<p>After a week of bloody battles that hindered rescues, U.S. special forces swiftly evacuated 70 U.S. Embassy staffers from Khartoum to Ethiopia early Sunday. Although American officials said it was too dangerous for a government-coordinated evacuation of private citizens, other countries scrambled to remove citizens and diplomats.<\/p>\n<h2>British diplomats evacuated \"amid a significant escalation in violence\"<\/h2><p>Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak tweeted that U.K. armed forces evacuated British diplomatic staff and their families \"amid a significant escalation in violence and threats.\" Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said over 1,200 military personnel were involved.<\/p>\n<p>France, Greece, Jordan and other nations also organised flights. The Netherlands sent two Hercules C-130 planes and an Airbus A330 to Jordan for 152 Dutch citizens who made their way from Sudan to an undisclosed evacuation point, but \"not without risks,\" said Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren. Italy, seeking to extract 140 of its nationals, sent military jets to Djibouti in the Gulf of Aden, said Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani.<\/p>\n<p>Overland travel through contested areas has proven dangerous. Khartoum is about 840 kilometres (520 miles) from Port Sudan on the Red Sea.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Saudi Arabia said it evacuated 157 people, including 91 Saudi nationals and citizens of other countries. Saudi state TV showed a large convoy of cars and buses travelling from Khartoum to Port Sudan, where a navy ship took them to the Saudi port of Jeddah.<\/p>\n<h2>Power struggle<\/h2><p>The power struggle between the Sudanese military, led by Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, and the RSF, led by Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, has dealt a harsh blow to Sudan's hopes for a democratic transition. The rival generals came to power after a pro-democracy uprising led to the ouster of the former strongman, al-Bashir. In 2021, the generals joined forces to seize power in a coup.<\/p>\n<p>The current violence came after Burhan and Dagalo fell out over a recent internationally brokered deal with democracy activists that was meant to incorporate the RSF into the military and eventually lead to civilian rule.<\/p>\n<p>Both generals, each craving international legitimacy, have accused the other of obstructing the evacuations. The Sudanese military alleged the RSF opened fire on a French convoy, wounding a French national. The RSF countered it came under attack by warplanes as French citizens and diplomats left the embassy for Omdurman, saying the military's strikes \"endangered the lives of French nationals.\"<\/p>\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron and his foreign minister were given security guarantees by both sides for the evacuation, according to Defense and Foreign Ministry officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorised to talk publicly. The officials said a military flight carrying about 100 people left Khartoum for Djibouti, with another planned.<\/p>\n<p>Hospitals have struggled as violence rages. Many wounded are stranded by the fighting, according to the Sudan Doctors' Syndicate that monitors casualties, suggesting the death toll is probably higher than what is known.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian medical group Emergency said 46 of its staff refused to leave, working in hospitals in Khartoum, Nyala and Port Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of Sudanese have fled Khartoum and other hot spots, according to U.N. agencies, but millions are sheltering in their homes from explosions, gunfire and looting without adequate electricity, food or water.<\/p>\n<p>In the western region of Darfur, up to 20,000 people left for neighbouring Chad. War is not new to Darfur, where ethnically motivated violence has killed as many as 300,000 people since 2003. 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The recent violence wounded an Egyptian Embassy employee in Sudan, according to Egypt's Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zaid.<\/p>\n<p>Egypt, which said it had over 10,000 citizens in Sudan, urged those in cities other than Khartoum to head to consular offices in Port Sudan and Wadi Halfa in the north for evacuation, the state-run MENA news agency reported.<\/p>\n<p>Khalid Omar, a spokesman for the pro-democracy bloc that seeks to restore civilian rule, urged the military and the RSF to return to talks to resolve their differences.<\/p>\n<p>\"There is an opportunity to stop this war and put the county on the right path,\" he wrote on Facebook. \"This is a war fueled by groups from the deposed regime who want it to continue.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1682259968,"updatedAt":1682274339,"publishedAt":1682270183,"firstPublishedAt":1682270187,"lastPublishedAt":1682274339,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Marwan Ali\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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