Several countries evacuated their nationals by air, while others traveled to Port Sudan on the Red Sea, about 800 kilometers from Khartoum by land, to be evacuated by sea.
Here is the status of the efforts of some of the countries carrying out evacuations from Sudan:
Egypt
Cairo evacuated a total of 6,399 Egyptians, of whom 1,072 were evacuated on Friday. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said around 16,000 people crossed the border from Sudan into Egypt, including 14,000 Sudanese.
Germany
A German evacuation mission brought a total of 500 people from more than 30 countries to safe areas last Tuesday morning. Among them are Belgian, British, Dutch, Jordanian and American citizens, in addition to their German citizens. Berlin announced the end of its flights on Tuesday.
France
The French government said on Thursday it had evacuated 936 people from Sudan. The Foreign Office said the evacuees were not only French, but also nationals of Britain, the United States, Canada, Ethiopia, the Netherlands, Italy and Sweden . The UN Secretary General thanked France for its “essential assistance” in the relocation outside Sudan of 400 UN staff members and their families. The French navy transferred 350 people from Port Sudan to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday evening, while more than 70 were transported in a French air force transport plane from El Fasher in Sudan to N’ Djamena in Chad on Thursday.
Italy
Italian military planes that took off from Djibouti evacuated 83 Italians and 13 others, including children and the Italian ambassador. Foreign Minister Antonio Taiani said some Italians working for NGOs and proselytizing campaigns decided to stay in Sudan while 19 others were transferred to Egypt two days earlier.
Britain
Britain said it began a “large-scale” evacuation of its citizens on Tuesday, prioritizing families with children, the elderly and the sick. He said he had evacuated 897 people from Sudan on 8 British flights by 1500 GMT on Thursday, and there would be further flights. The government estimates that there are around 4,000 Britons in Sudan. Britain evacuated its diplomats and their families last Saturday. Cyprus said it activated a humanitarian bailout mechanism at London’s request to allow third countries to use it to receive and return foreign nationals evacuated from Sudan. Cyprus is home to two major British military bases.
Holland
Foreign Minister Wöbke Hoekstra said around 100 Dutch people had been evacuated from Sudan since Sunday. Half the number left for Jordan on 4 Dutch evacuation flights, which also carried about 70 people from 14 other countries. Amsterdam is seeking to evacuate around 150 Dutch people in total. International efforts have been bolstered by two military aircraft, which are also available to other nationalities.
UNITED STATES
US forces evacuated US and foreign diplomats last Saturday. Washington said on Monday that a few dozen Americans were traveling overland in a UN-led convoy to Port Sudan. She added that dozens more had expressed their desire to leave. He said he was deploying naval assets to help with evacuations if needed.
Russia
Russia has not yet announced an evacuation of its embassy staff or nationals from Khartoum. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Russians in Sudan were in close contact with Moscow. “Cooperation and consultations are ongoing around the clock, and various possibilities are being explored. At the moment, no decision has been made,” he added.
Japan
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced the evacuation of all Japanese who wished to leave. He said 45 people left on Monday evening on a Japanese military plane. Eight others left with the help of France and other groups.
Swiss
Switzerland has already closed its embassy and evacuated all its Swiss employees and their families.
China
China said most of its citizens had been safely evacuated in groups to neighboring countries. The Department of Defense deployed Navy ships on Wednesday to evacuate citizens. The State Department said about 800 people were transported by sea and more than 300 traveled by land to countries neighboring Sudan from Tuesday to Thursday. The ministry said no casualties among Chinese nationals have been reported so far. The Chinese Consulate General in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday issued a statement advising its citizens who intend to leave Sudan for Saudi Arabia to enter through the Islamic port of Jeddah.
India
India’s Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muralidharan said more than 1,200 Indian evacuees from Sudan arrived in the Saudi city of Jeddah on Thursday and would soon be repatriated.
Canada
Senior government officials said Canada conducted its first evacuation of its citizens from Sudan on Thursday. It carried more than 100 people, including Canadians and other nationalities, on two flights from war-torn Sudan. Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand announced on Wednesday that her country would deploy about 200 troops to coordinate evacuations from Sudan. Some 180 Canadians have already been evacuated with the help of other countries. The government said there were about 1,800 Canadians in Sudan, of whom about 700 requested assistance from the State Department.
Ukraine
Kiev said it rescued 87 of its citizens, mostly pilots, aviation technicians and their families, out of a total of 138 civilians, including Georgian and Peruvian citizens.
Kenya
The Kenyan Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that the government had evacuated 342 people who had arrived in the Saudi city of Jeddah from Port Sudan.
South Africa
She said she expected the last 12 of her nationals she knew to be in Sudan to leave on Tuesday.
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