Türkiye continues to evacuate citizens from Sudan

KHARTOUM, SUDAN - APRIL 25: Türkiye on Sunday (Apr. 23) started repatriation operations in Sudan for its citizens after the conflict erupted between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the country, according to diplomatic sources.The country continued to evacuate its citizens from conflict-torn Sudan on Tuesday (Apr. 25).Nearly 1,500 people left Sudan by bus, and 640 reached neighboring Ethiopia, while 189 were crossing the border towards Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, Mevlut Cavusoglu said in a televised interview."We’re planning our plane route, currently 850 people are still on the road, tomorrow we’re sending the rest of our citizens by bus," Cavusoglu said, adding that he was in touch with his Ethiopian counterpart to ease border crossings.Since not many countries were able to evacuate their citizens, Türkiye also helped 110 people from 13 different countries get out of the conflict-torn country, he said.At least 459 people have died and 4,072 have beeninjured due to weeks of armed conflict in Sudan's capital Khartoum, the Sudan representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.On April 15, fighting erupted between the Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Khartoum and its surroundings.A disagreement had been fomenting in recent months between the army and the paramilitaries over military security reform. The reform envisages full RSF participation in the military, one of the main issues in negotiations by international and regional parties for a transition to civilian, democratic rule in Sudan. (Footage by Mahmoud Haggag Mahmoud Ali/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)