CAIRO, Egypt
The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has urged its citizens to swiftly depart Sudan due to escalating clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)
The ministry issued a
statement on Wednesday emphasizing the need for all Egyptian nationals,
regardless of their location in Sudan, including areas not directly affected by
the violence, to leave the country as soon as possible.
The statement further advised
Egyptian nationals to refrain from travelling to Sudan altogether at this time
to ensure their safety.
The ministry’s call for
evacuation comes on the heels of the Egyptian embassy in Sudan’s successful
rescue of 18 students and their family members who were stranded in the city of
Wad Madani, the latest hotspot for clashes between the two rival forces.
The embassy, in coordination
with the Sudanese authorities, facilitated the students’ evacuation from Wad
Madani, their safe arrival at the Egyptian Consulate in Port Sudan, and their
subsequent travel back to Egypt.
The Egyptian Foreign
Ministry’s urgent recommendation to leave Sudan stems from the ongoing armed
confrontations between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces, which
have resulted in numerous casualties.
In the meantime, Ethiopian
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed met with Lieutenant General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo
“Hemetti”, Commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), in Addis Ababa today,
Thursday.
Abiy and Hemetti discussed the
ongoing conflict in Sudan and explored potential avenues for resolving the
crisis, which has persisted since mid-April.
” Earlier today I received
Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo and his delegation for a discussion on securing peace and
stability in the Sudan,” said the Ethiopian prime minister after the meeting in
a short post released on X.
Hemetti offered no public
remarks following the meeting with Abiy.
This visit falls within the
scope of Hemetti’s international efforts to articulate his perspective on
IGAD’s ongoing efforts to resolve the Sudanese conflict.
He previously met with Ugandan
President Yoweri Museveni in Kampala, on Wednesday.
Hemetti’s foreign trip
commenced concurrently with the postponement of a scheduled meeting between
himself and Sudanese Army Commander in Chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in
Djibouti.
Following his meeting with
President Museveni, Hemetti indicated that he presented his vision for
negotiations, ceasefire, and the construction of a Sudanese state founded on
“new, just foundations.”
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