Sudan's police order all foreigners to leave Khartoum & surrounding region. MSF evacuates Khartoum team

Report from Ghana News Agency
Dated Friday, 12 July 2024. Here is a copy, in full:

Sudanese police order all foreigners to leave Khartoum

Khartoum, Jul. 12, (dpa/GNA) – Sudanese security authorities have ordered all foreigners to leave the capital Khartoum and the surrounding region.

They have two weeks to do so, according to a statement from the section of the police dealing with foreigners.

Foreigners should leave for their own safety amid the fighting still raging between government troops and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia, the police said.

According to media reports, hostility towards foreigners, especially those from other African countries, has been on the rise following reports of foreign mercenaries in the RSF ranks.

Just a few days ago, more than 150 foreigners who did not have valid residence papers were detained.

A bloody power struggle has been raging in Sudan for more than a year between de facto ruler Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy Mohammed Hamdan Daglo.

According to the UN, the conflict has caused almost 10 million people to flee their homes, and risks a famine in the country.

International aid organization staff and diplomats still in the country left Khartoum after the outbreak of fighting and are now working from Port Sudan, where the situation is comparatively stable.

Source: https://gna.org.gh/2024/07/sudanese-police-order-all-foreigners-to-leave-khartoum/

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Related reports

Dabanga Online English - Friday, 12 July 2024

MSF Sudan evacuates ‘exhausted’ Khartoum team

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF/Doctors Without Borders) announced the evacuation of its team from the Turkish hospital in Khartoum, due to ongoing violence both inside and outside the facility. The decision follows numerous threats to the lives of MSF staff. … The Turkish hospital will remain open with Ministry of Health staff, but surgeries will not be possible without the evacuated MSF staff, casting uncertainty on the hospital’s future.

https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/msf-sudan-evacuates-exhausted-khartoum-team

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MSF halts vital care deliveries to Khartoum’s Turkish hospital pic.twitter.com/H8q5SgUnWj

— Radio Tamazuj (@RadioTamazuj) July 11, 2024

https://x.com/RadioTamazuj/status/1811317249073934483 

Full story: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/sudan-violence-forces-msf-evacuate-team-turkish-hospital-khartoum

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Khartoum: Community kitchen shut after support runs out

The field coordinator said the kitchen had ceased operations for over two weeks. pic.twitter.com/TF1qKBnmQr

— Radio Tamazuj (@RadioTamazuj) July 12, 2024

https://x.com/RadioTamazuj/status/1811739285395308593 

Full story: https://www.radiotamazuj.org/en/news/article/khartoum-community-kitchen-shut-after-support-runs-out

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Sudan Tribune - Thursday, 11 July 2024

Khartoum State orders foreign nationals to leave

The army controls the Karari locality and some neighbourhoods of old Omdurman, while Khartoum and Khartoum Bahri are under the control of the RSF, except for the headquarters and bases of the armed forces.

South Sudanese combatants pose at the Sport City in southern Khartoum

https://sudantribune.com/article288124/

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Sudan fighting takes toll on people in south Khartoum

THANKS to Radio Dabanga for spotting this tweet by RSF Sudan @MSF_Sudan 3:15 PM Aug 22, 2023. The tweet says: Intense fighting is taking a heavy toll on people in south #Khartoum. On Sunday, #Bashair Hospital received 111 emergency cases & did 25 life-saving surgeries. Monday, the team saw 91 patients & performed 21 surgical procedures. The fighting and influx of patients are ongoing.

⚠️Intense fighting is taking a heavy toll on people in south #Khartoum.
On Sunday, #Bashair Hospital received 111 emergency cases & did 25 life-saving surgeries. Monday, the team saw 91 patients & performed 21 surgical procedures. The fighting and influx of patients are ongoing. pic.twitter.com/dy5F52pxe6

— MSF Sudan (@MSF_Sudan) August 22, 2023

Read more of the story at Radio Dabanga 23 Aug 2023 report - excerpt: 

"Listeners told Radio Dabanga that the neighbourhoods in old Omdurman and many parts of southern Khartoum “have almost become devoid of residents”.

A resident from the densely populated El Kalaklat neighbourhoods reported “a large exodus” from the areas adjacent to the El Shajara military area towards El Kalaklat and further south, to Jebel Aulia. “Many are heading towards White Nile state to escape the hell of the battles.”

Many explosions were heard coming from the El Shajara area, with warplanes continuously flying over, he said, and added that an army convoy en route from Jebel Aulia towards to El Shajara, clashed with an RSF force coming from the Teiba camp."

Full story: https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/mass-exodus-from-el-shajara-in-sudan-capital-as-fierce-fighting-continues 

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