The US State Department announced (Sunday) that Washington and its multinational partners helped about 1,000 Americans leave Sudan as fighting broke out between the Sudanese army and “rapid support” forces in the capital, Khartoum and other cities.
US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a statement that US citizens and others eligible to join the convoy will head to Saudi Arabia, where personnel are stationed to facilitate emergency travel.
Straight out #Arab | Sudanese army: we have destroyed military support convoys in several cities… and the evacuation continues https://t.co/qhNBDX4zmo
- Arabic (@AlArabiya) April 30, 2023
Earlier (Sunday), the two sides of the armed conflict in Sudan, army commander Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan and commander of the “rapid support” force Muhammad Hamdan Daglo “Hamidti”, announced the extension of the humanitarian truce in Sudan for another 72 hours. starting at midnight, and this is with the aim of opening humanitarian corridors and facilitating the movement of citizens and residents.
Hundreds have been killed and thousands wounded in Sudan since 15 April, when a protracted power struggle between the army and the Rapid Support Forces flared up.
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