Sunday’s operation was carried out by the Saudi navy, which has sent its fleet to Sudan for more than a week to help evacuate thousands of civilians from around the world. Before dawn, the distressed passengers lined up quietly at a dock in Port Sudan, which has so far been untouched by fighting, to board […]
They have agreed to several ceasefires but none have held effectively as the civilian death toll continues to rise and Khartoum is gripped by chaos and anarchy. Many people in this city of half a million inhabitants are trapped in their homes without food, water and electricity. “God forbid if Sudan were to reach a […]
Saheli Sabrin said the two sides reportedly clashed at different places in Sudan amid the ongoing ceasefire. The Bangladeshis will be taken from Khartoum to Port Sudan and then to Jeddah. Several Biman Bangladesh Airlines flights are being arranged to bring them to Dhaka. Bangladesh’s Acting High Commissioner to Sudan Tarek Ahmed has already arranged […]
‘Heavy shelling outside’ Witnesses said warplanes flew over the northern suburbs of the capital on Thursday and artillery and heavy machine gun fire broke out between fighters on the ground. “I heard heavy gunfire outside my house,” a Khartoum resident told AFP on Thursday evening. At least 512 people have been killed and 4,193 wounded […]
He said several hundred Bangladeshi nationals have registered so far. To facilitate the process, the Mission has launched a hotline. Earlier, Charge d’Affaires of the Bangladesh Mission in Sudan, Tariq Ahmed, said that the security and safety situation in the area where the Bangladesh Embassy and Bangladesh House are located is still volatile. The head […]
The Bangladeshis there are not only fleeing Khartoum, but are also preparing to return to Bangladesh. Speaking on a mobile phone, Russel Mia, MD, an assistant at a tailor shop in Khartoum, told this correspondent, “We received a call from the Bangladesh embassy on Wednesday afternoon and sent my name and passport details, as well […]
Fighting breaks Sudan’s shaky truce, ex-regime members flee prison
The ministry said it included 13 Saudis, while the rest came from countries in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia and the Americas. The Indonesian foreign ministry said 560 citizens had been successfully transported from Sudan to Saudi Arabia, although it was unclear whether they were all on the same boat that arrived in Jeddah […]
Ceasefire shaky, Sudanese, foreigners flee
Shahryar Alam said that the process of repatriating Bangladeshi citizens living in Sudan has started with the help of another country and the Bangladeshi mission in Khartoum has already started spreading this message among Bangladeshis there. “How Bangladeshis will leave the country depends on the situation in Sudan. All are requested to follow the instructions […]
Sudan: A Lost Cause?
Sudan’s warring rivals agree 72-hour ceasefire
Asked whether Bangladeshis currently in Sudan would be evacuated, Momen said, “I have heard that around 1,500 Bangladeshis are currently there. We have a small consular office and a mission there. “First of all, we have advised people not to travel to Sudan as the situation there is unstable. We have told people in our […]
According to Abdullah, even the hospitals that remain open, mostly for gunshot wounds, “are at risk of closing at any moment”. “They don’t have enough surgical equipment, not enough fuel to run generators, not enough ambulances or blood.” The WHO said 413 people were killed and 3,551 wounded in the fighting across Sudan, but the […]
“We didn’t take any small arms fire along the way and were able to get in and out without any problems,” said Lt. Gen. Douglas Sims, director of operations at the Army Joint Staff. Chris Meier, an assistant secretary of defense, said the US military could use drones or satellite imagery to detect threats to […]