Mogadishu: Numerous Somalis fleeing the violence in Sudan arrived in their country in the Horn of Africa on Sunday, according to an official.

According to Abdurahman Nur Mohamed Diinaari, a senior official with the Somali foreign ministry, 148 Somali citizens, the majority of whom were students, arrived by plane in the capital city of Mogadishu.

"Today, 148 Somalis from Sudan were finally transferred to Somalia by Somalia's foreign ministry with the help of the International Organisation for Migration," he said.

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The Somalis had crossed the desert from Sudan to Ethiopia before flying to Somalia. According to Diinaari, 45 of those who arrived on Sunday were later taken to Garowe, the administrative centre of the Somali state of Puntland.

Violence has long been a problem in Somalia. Attacks by the anti-government Islamic extremist group al-Shabab frequently result in fatalities in Mogadishu and other regions of the nation.

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One of the Somalis who were evacuated on Sunday expressed her happiness at being alive and returning to her nation in an interview.

"I am happy to have reached my home nation at last. Ramlo Mohamed, one of the evacuees, told AP that while the experience we had was unusual and difficult to describe, he was grateful for the chance to survive. In the meantime, I pray that God will help our Muslim brothers in Sudan by easing their suffering.

Before violence started earlier this month, there were 7,000 Somali nationals estimated to be living in Sudan, with the majority of them studying there. According to Ewa Naqvi, deputy chief of mission for the U.N. migration agency, other immigrants and businesspeople are trying to travel to Europe.

Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, the commander of the army, is engaged in combat with Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, the leader of the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary organisation. In Khartoum, the nation's capital, some of the bloodiest battles have taken place.

The innocent Sudanese people are being shot at. While others are trapped with diminishing supplies, tens of thousands have fled to nearby nations like Egypt and Chad. Airlifts and land convoys have been used to evacuate thousands of foreigners.

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According to the Sudan Doctors' Syndicate, which keeps track of casualties from the fighting, 425 civilians have died and 2,091 have been injured in the past two weeks. On Saturday, the Sudanese Health Ministry reported that there had been a total of 528 fatalities, including combatants, and 4,500 injuries.