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British troops have landed in an eastern Sudan port as the UK said it will pursue “all avenues” to help British citizens still trapped in Khartoum.
It comes as two warships were also being prepared to go to Sudan to help thousands of foreign nationals to evacuate.
With around 4,000 UK citizens possibly stranded amid deadly street fighting and a shortage of food, water and electricity, the government is pursuing “all diplomatic avenues” in removing British nationals from Sudan, Downing Street said.
A flight tracking website showed a C-17 transport aircraft flying in the direction of Sudan, Sky News reported.
The prime minister’s official spokesperson said: “We continue to look at all possible options to get British nationals out of the country should they wish to leave.”
All “diplomatic avenues” including in Sudan and with neighbouring countries are being pursued, Downing Street added.
“A ceasefire is one of our priorities,” the spokesperson said.
Britain ‘to send two warships to rescue UK citizens trapped in Sudan'
Britain is to send two warships to Sudan to help UK citizens still trapped in Khartoum to evacuate as thousands of foreign nationals are stuck in the wartorn country.
Up to 4,000 UK citizens could be stranded amid deadly street fighting and a shortage of food, water and electricity.
The RFA Cardigan Bay and HMS Lancaster are being prepared for an evacuation from Port Sudan, The Times reported.
Spanish and Dutch military planes evacuate civilians from Sudan
Japan evacuates 45 people from Sudan
Japan’s military has evacuated 45 nationals and spouses from Sudan by air to Djibouti, Tokyo said on Monday, as part of an international exodus from an eruption of violence.
France, the International Red Cross and others have enabled another four Japanese citizens to leave, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida also told reporters.
“As a result of this evacuation operation, only a few Japanese nationals who wish to evacuate are left in Sudan,” he said, adding that efforts were being made to get them out in coordination with other nations.
Battles between the military and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group have killed at least 427 people and turned some residential areas into war zones.
UK troops fly to Sudan as officials work on evacuation plan for Britons
British troops have flown into eastern Sudan as officials consider options to evacuate British nationals stranded in the war-torn country, The Independent understands.
The soldiers are believed to have landed at Port Sudan on the Red Sea, around 500 miles from the Sudanese capital Khartoum, Sky News first reported on Monday.
The arrival of troops not mean any rescue plan has yet been agreed, however, with Rishi Sunak’s government still working through various options to get thousands of Britons out of the country.
Adam Forrest reports.
Government pursuing ‘all diplomatic avenues’ in removing British nationals from Sudan
The government is pursuing “all diplomatic avenues” in removing British nationals from Sudan, Downing Street said.
“We continue to look at all possible options to get British nationals out of the country should they wish to leave,” the Prime Minister’s official spokesperson said.
All “diplomatic avenues” including in Sudan and with neighbouring countries are being pursued, Downing Street added.
“A ceasefire is one of our priorities,” the spokesperson said.
Fears grow for 3,000 Indian citizens trapped in Sudan: ‘I just want my wife and children rescued. Please help’
Indian citizens stranded in conflict-ridden Sudan have desperately appealed for help and expressed their exasperation at the situation on the ground, with evacuations still yet to begin despite their home country dispatching a warship and two airforce planes to the region.
India has one of the largest contingents of foreign nationals still inside Sudan, with about 3,000 of its citizens believed to be stranded in the country that was last week thrust into civil conflict.
The families of these Indian nationals have appealed to the Narendra Modi administration on social media for their safe return. Speaking to The Independent, relatives back home expressed their anguish and worries over the wellbeing of their loved ones, and pleaded with the government for their swift and safe return.
Namita Singh reports:
UN has relocated hundreds of staff and dependents from Khartoum
The United Nations has relocated hundreds of staff members and dependents from Khartoum and other locations in Sudan, a spokesperson for Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Monday.
Guterres reiterated his call on all parties to cease hostilities and allow civilians to evacuate from areas affected by fighting, adding that the U.N. will continue its work with its personnel both inside and outside of Sudan.
Britain has ‘relationship with Africa’, but China just focuses on elites, says foreign office minister
Britain has a “relationship with the people of Africa” while China only focuses on the elites, a foreign office minister said.
Andrew Mitchell, development minister, said on Monday there is a “competition” in Africa between the West on one hand and Russia and China on the other.
Speaking at an event hosted by the Royal African Society, he said: “I don’t think I need to spend very long on the disadvantage of what Russia is seeking to do in Africa, and if the answer to any question in Africa is Russia we need to have a very good look at what the question was in the first place.
“But China is different. There is a China development offer in Africa which is appealing, but all I would say is we believe that we have a relationship with the people of Africa and the people of the countries above all.
“China’s relationship is nearly always with the elites, and we believe that the right and enduring relationship is one with the people.”
In a brief summary of the UK’s policy towards Africa, Mr Mitchell stressed the need for a “real and genuine and equal partnership” with African nations in order to achieve results.
He said: “We have learned a lot of lessons in the last 25 years, from the time when the IMF (International Monetary Fund) would send in smart suited men from the IMF to tell Africans how to solve their economic circumstances, which simply didn’t work because these were not the prescriptions that were practical in Africa. We learned that the hard way.”
Britain has a ‘relationship with the people of Africa’ while China only focuses on the elites, a Foreign Office minister said (PA)
Uk should use influence to broker ceasefire in Sudan, says chairman of the Commons Defence Committee
The UK must use its influence to broker a temporary ceasefire in Sudan to secure a land corridor to evacuate British nationals, Tobias Ellwood said.
The chairman of the Commons Defence Committee told BBC Radio 4’s World At One programme: “We must lean into this and we must use our influence to speak to both side, making it very clear that there needs to be a 12-hour ceasefire so we can get our people out.”
Asked whether there could be an evacuation attempt without a ceasefire, he said: “There must be something because if you do not offer some formal method of getting out of the country, individuals will take it under their own volition. We must not abandon the British passport-holders.”
He called for urgency as he warned the threat picture in Sudan is “deteriorating rapidly”.
Norwegian ambassador to Sudan declines to say if he was evacuated as part of British rescue operation
Norwegian ambassador to Sudan Endre Stiansen declined to say whether he was evacuated as part of the operation that rescued British diplomats.
Asked on BBC Radio 4’s World At One, he responded: “I’m not going to discuss details of how I got out. But I can say for the record that the people who helped me, and it was part of a large operation, they were extremely professional, they were the best and they were totally in control of the situation.
“If I ever do get in this situation like this again I really do help that the same people come to help me.”
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