Several foreign countries have evacuated their diplomats, staff and others as fighting continues in Sudan. The UK, US, Germany, Italy and Spain are among other nations that also carried out evacuations.

Foreign governments have started the evacuation process of their diplomats, staff, and others from Sudan as the conflict runs into the second week showing signs of a truce that had been declared for Eid Al Fitr holiday.

Many of the citizens are also seeking ways to escape the chaos while international powers like the United States and the United Kingdom airlifted their diplomats out of the country’s capital, Khartoum.

France, Germany, Italy and Spain are among other nations that also carried out evacuations. While several others took the risk of traveling on hazardous roads to enter Egypt from the north.

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More than 150 people, mostly citizens of Gulf countries, as well as Egypt, Pakistan and Canada were evacuated by sea to the Saudi Arabian port of Jeddah.

Numerous international students who are trapped in Khartoum, a city of about six million people, have made desperate appeals for assistance. These students are from Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.

Meanwhile, Residents of Omdurman, a city located across the Nile from Khartoum, claimed that fighting continued despite a cease-fire that was intended to last the three days of the holiday to celebrate the end of Ramadan fasting.

Fighting between the Sudanese armed forces and the powerful paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces, RSF, has resulted in over 420 deaths, including 264 civilians, and over 3,700 injuries.

The ongoing violence has affected operations at the main international airport, destroying civilian planes and damaging at least one runway.