Khartoum: Following Sudan crisis, Switzerland closed its embassy in Khartoum, Sudan and evacuated staff and their families over the security situation in the war-torn country, the Swiss foreign ministry wrote on Twitter. "Our staff and their families have been evacuated and are safe,""The exercise was made possible thanks to collaboration with our partners, in particular France," Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis tweeted late on Sunday.
7 embassy staff and 5 accompanying people had been evacuated. They were in good health, with 2 people on their way to neighbouring Ethiopia and the rest evacuated to Djibouti with help from France, the Foreign Ministry said The eruption of fighting over a week ago between rival military factions has triggered a humanitarian crisis, killed over 420 people and trapped millions of Sudanese without access to basic services.
Thousands of foreigners, including diplomats and social workers, have also been stranded and countries are working to evacuate their nationals. Intensive work was continuing to help Swiss nationals stuck in Sudan. The Swiss foreign ministry on Friday there were about 100 Swiss nationals registered in Sudan while others are thought to be visiting the Red Sea area as tourists.
France said it was carrying out to evacuate people and has so far managed to evacuate 388 people. A German air force plane with 101 people evacuated from Sudan landed in Berlin early today while a shaky ceasefire held in the Sudanese capital Khartoum.
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