after 10 days of Brutal fighting between rival forces, and foreign nations on Monday is heating up up evacuation of their compatriots from an anarchy-torn Sudan, which the Secretary-General of the United Nations warned, is “on the edge of abyss in the aftermath of Riots.
as an army and paramilitary forces again They clashed in Khartoum and across the country, terrified Sudanese have taken refuge in they homes of wandering fighters and thieves amid severe shortages of Water, food, medicine and fuel as well power Internet outage.
The United States and many European, Middle Eastern, African and Asian countries declared a state of emergency missions to bring to safety their embassy staff and nationals residing in Sudan by land, air And the sea.
427 at least people were killed and over 3,700 wounded, according to UN agencies, which reported that Sudanese civilians were “fleeing from areas affected by the fighting, including to Chad, Egypt and South Sudan.”
“Morgues are full of corpses littering the streets,” said Attia Abdullah. head of the doctors’ unionany on I mentioned Monday scores more Victims after sites in South Khartoum was “severely bombed”.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned of violence in Sudan – already one of The world’s poorest countries and with a history of military Coups – “It could swallow the whole region And beyond.”
“We must all do whatever is in us power to withdraw Sudan back from edge of the abyss,” Guterres said, calling again for cease-fire.
Britain requested an emergency meeting of Security Council on Sudan who is expected to take place on Tuesday, according to a diplomat.
United Nations convoy carrying 700 people people They completed a grueling 850-kilometre (530-mile) journey from the capital, where gunfire and explosions echoed in the streets, to Port Sudan. on Red Sea coast.
United nations head of mission Volker Perthes and others key staff, however,remain in Sudan and will continue work Towards a resolution current A UN statement said.
Unspeakable destruction
with Khartoum Airport disabled after battles that left charred planes on On the runways, many aliens were flown in out From the smallest to the smallest airstrips countries Including Djibouti and Jordan.
we special Troops ran out in with Chinook helicopters on Sunday to rescue diplomats and their families, while Britain launched a similar rescue operation mission.
The European Union is foreign policy Chief Josep Borrell said over 1,000 citizens of the European Union have been kidnapped out during a “long, intense weekend” involving an airlift missions by France, Germany and other countries.
On Monday, China said it had “safely evacuated”. first group of Citizens and will try “by all means to protect life and property and safety of More than 1,500 Chinese citizens in Sudan.”
capital a city of Five million, bear it.”more From a week ago of Unspeakable devastation,” Norway’s Ambassador Andre Stiansen, who Evacuated, he wrote on Twitter.
He expressed his “extreme sadness” for colleagues friends left behind. “I’m afraid for they future Because nowadays bear arms and narrow interests more A weight of values and words.”
Looking forward to the future and the fate of Sudan, he said, “Most scenarios appear bad. “
The International Crisis Group warned that the fighting threatened to “quickly plunge the country into a full- the scale of a war that has involved countless armed groups.”
The war has fallen us All without warning”,” one A Lebanese man who was evacuated told AFP upon his arrival arrival by bus in Port Sudan.
“the situation in Khartoum is very sad… It is destroyed. I left with This T-shirt and these pajamas, that’s all I’ve got with After 17 years.
These Sudanese who can bear it also flee from Khartoum on Crowded buses on the over 900 km drive north to Egypt.
Among the 800,000 refugees from South Sudan who Previously fled the civil war in their country, some choose to return, with women And children Cross the border, the UN refugee agency said.
Anxiety and exhaustion
Across the capital city, the roaming army and paramilitary forces fought fiercely street battlesand with the sky It is often blackened by smoke from the bombing and burning of buildings shops.
life in War-torn Khartoum is full with “Worry and exhaustion,” said resident Taghreed Abdeen, an architect. There was a missile strike in Sometimes…it is like No safe place.”
Fighting between forces loyal to army commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan against Those of His deputy, who turned into his opponent, Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo, who Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces Commands.
the military Bashir was overthrown in April 2019 following mass citizen protests.
capture the generals power in 2021 coup, but it fell later out in bitter power strugglewas recently mediated on Scheme integration of Reporters Without Borders in regular army.
The UN office said five aid workers were killed in the fighting for coordination of humanitarian affairs.
Amidst widespread carnage online Services down said researcher Hamid Khalafallah on Twitter, warning That’s losing the internet in These conditions are terrifying.”
