Foreign nations are evacuating their citizens from Sudan as deadly fighting between rival factions continues. The federal government has not confirmed whether they are planning evacuations of Australians.
Foreign nationals are being evacuated from Sudan as deadly fighting continues.
Foreign countries rushed to evacuate their nationals from battle-torn Sudan where deadly fighting raged into a second week between forces loyal to two rival generals. More than 420 people have been killed and thousands wounded, according to UN figures, amid fears of wider turmoil and a humanitarian disaster in one of the world's poorest nations.Australia does not have an embassy in Sudan - and the federal government has not confirmed whether they are planning evacuations of citizens.
A French plane carrying around 100 people of multiple nationalities "landed in Djibouti", according to French President Emmanuel Macron, with a second flight of another 100 people expected to leave Sunday evening.
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