Nearly a thousand Americans have left Sudan with the help of their government since the start of the conflict between the army and paramilitary groups in Khartoum, the State Department said today, stating that a second convoy had arrived in Port Sudan.
"As part of a multinational effort, the U.S. government, along with its allies and partners, has facilitated the departure of nearly 1.000 U.S. citizens from Sudan since the violence began," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said.
He specified that the second convoy organized by the government reached the coastal city of Port Sudan where the evacuated people could get on board for Jeddah and Saudi Arabia. A similar operation was organized yesterday.
Thousands of Sudanese have been trapped in bombings and firefights since clashes broke out on April 15 between army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the head of the Rapid Support Force (RSF) paramilitary group, General Mohamed Hamdane Daglo.
Heavy clashes continued today in Khartoum, even though a humanitarian truce is in force, which the two sides extended for three more days today.
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