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Africa-Press – Eritrea. <\/strong><\/span>Diplomats and nationals from the US, UK, France and China are to be evacuated from Sudan by air as fighting there continues, a statement from the Sudanese army says.<\/p>\n

Army chief Fattah al-Burhan agreed to facilitate and secure their evacuation “in the coming hours”, it said. He is locked in a bitter power struggle with the leader of a rival paramilitary faction, the Rapid Support Forces.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of people have been killed in a week of fighting across the country. Previous plans to evacuate foreign nationals have not been implemented because of safety fears.<\/p>\n

A statement from the army said British, US, French and Chinese nationals and diplomats would be evacuated by air on board military transport planes from the capital, Khartoum.<\/p>\n

Saudi Arabia has also announced it is arranging the evacuation of Saudi citizens and nationals of “brotherly” countries. The Sudanese army said Saudi Arabia’s diplomatic mission had already been evacuated.<\/p>\n

The conflict has entered its second week despite both sides – the army and the RSF – agreeing to a three-day ceasefire to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, starting from Friday.<\/p>\n

Khartoum’s international airport has been closed due to the violence, with foreign embassies – including the US and UK – unable to bring their citizens home.<\/p>\n

Street battles erupted in the capital, Khartoum, on 15 April after disagreements emerged between the leaders of both sides – General Burhan and the RSF’s Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo – over how Sudan should be run.<\/p>\n

They both held top positions in Sudan’s current military government, formed after the 2019 coup that ousted long-time leader Omar al-Bashir. They were supposed to merge their forces but the RSF resisted this change, mobilising its troops which escalated into full-scale fighting last week.<\/p>\n

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