African governments have also been getting their diplomats and other citizens out of Sudan, amid growing fears of a civil war – as the army and RSF paramilitary vie for control.
South Africa, Kenya, Mali, Ivory Coast and Uganda are among countries that have announced the evacuation of some of their nationals, with Eritrea offering to open its airspace for “emergency evacuations”.
A Kenyan air force plane carrying students from the International University of Africa in Khartoum arrived in Nairobi on Monday night.
Uganda has evacuated more than 200 citizens by road from Khartoum to the northern Ethiopian town of Gondar, from where they will take a flight to Kampala.
Sudanese nationals are also fleeing the conflict, with about 10,000 refugees crossing into South Sudan in recent days. Meanwhile, the UN has relocated some of its staff from Sudan to neighbouring countries.
Dozens of foreign aid workers operating in Sudan’s western Darfur region have been evacuated to the capital of neighbouring Chad, N’Djamena.
