Nearly a thousand Americans have left Sudan with the help of their government since the start of violence between the army and paramilitaries in Khartoum, the State Department said on Sunday April 30.
A State Department spokesman, Matthew Miller, said a second convoy organized by the government had reached the coastal city of Port Sudan, from where the evacuees will be able to embark for Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.
A first similar operation took place on Saturday.
The spokesperson also referred to “
a sustained diplomatic and communication effort to reach the less than 5,000 American citizens who have asked the government for advice
”.
The UN sends its head for humanitarian affairs
Millions of Sudanese remain trapped in shelling and gunfire since the April 15 outbreak of a ruthless power struggle between General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane's army and his number two, General Mohamed Hamdane Daglo, who commands the Rapid Support Forces (FSR), feared paramilitaries.
Violent clashes continued in Khartoum on Sunday, as the army and paramilitaries announced the extension of a little-respected truce.
Faced with an "
unprecedented
" situation, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres decided on Sunday to send "
immediately
" to the region his head of humanitarian affairs, Martin Griffiths, his spokesman announced on Sunday.