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5:55 p.m. : “We are in the final phase of the operation” in Sudan, explains on franceinfo the former colonel Peer De Jong, vice-president of the Themiis institute and specialist in geopolitics. “For a few dayshe develops, the French nationals were grouped together in islands, then all of these islands went to an assembly point, generally the embassy, and then they waited for the evacuation. We are today in this extremely particular moment when we must go either to an airport or to a port: the people of Khartoum will go to Khartoum airport and those of Port-Sudan to the port.
4:52 p.m. : The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces that a hundred French nationals and other nationalities have already been evacuated from Sudan by France. A hundred others should follow, specifies the Quai d’Orsay.
4:31 p.m. : The two tweets (in German) from the German Foreign Ministry are here And there.
4:26 p.m. : “Our objective is to evacuate by air as many nationals as possible. [allemands] of Khartoum, given the dangerous situation in Sudan. Where possible, we will also take EU nationals and other countries”write on Twitter two German ministries: that of Defense and that of Foreign Affairs.
4:20 p.m. : The German Minister of Defense announces that Germany has started the evacuation of its nationals.
4:09 p.m. : France and the United Kingdom are not the only countries to activate. Italy has also launched an operation to evacuate its nationals, as well as Swiss nationals and members of the Holy See’s embassy in Sudan. “In total, our soldiers will take care of about 200 people”said Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani.
3:19 p.m. : Are you waiting for your French relatives who must be evacuated from Sudan, currently the scene of violent fighting? Your testimony interests the national “19/20” of France 3! If you agree to testify, as part of an interview on Skype for tonight’s news, you can write to the address [email protected].
2:47 p.m. : London has evacuated its diplomatic staff from the country, shaken by heavy fighting. “British Armed Forces have carried out a complex and rapid evacuation of British diplomats and their families from Sudan, amid escalating violence and threats against embassy staff,” tweeted Rishi Sunak, the British prime minister.
1:28 p.m. : “Unfortunately the situation remains serious in Sudan, which is why I renew my call for the violence to end as soon as possible and for the path of dialogue to be resumed.”
The sovereign pontiff made this appeal during his traditional Sunday prayer in public, in St. Peter’s Square, in Rome, while deadly battles between the army and paramilitaries have been raging for more than a week in Sudan.
12:17 p.m. : Italy will also try to evacuate its nationals present in Sudan. “The government is putting in place a repatriation plan to secure our fellow citizens who are at the moment” on the spot, declared the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Maria Tripodi, on the Tgcom24 channel. Turkey has also signaled a similar intention.
11:25 a.m. : “We ask the belligerents to respect the medical infrastructures”.
The researcher appeals to the country, torn apart by armed conflict for a week. He pleads for “allow teams to move and take care of the injured”, specifying that there are no French people on site for MSF and that their teams are “largely Sudanese”.
11:57 : Good morning @Tom, thank you for your question. Anne-Claire Legendre, spokesperson for the Quai d’Orsay, gave details to franceinfo. The operation aims to “close the embassy [de France]”. It will make it possible to evacuate European diplomatic personnel more broadly, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said a little earlier this morning. France can rely on its armed forces deployed in the region, including in Djibouti, added Anne-Claire Legendre.
10:00 a.m. : Hello, can we take stock of the current French operations in Sudan?
11:57 : “Our goal is to be as fast as possible”.
The French community in Sudan counts “250 people”, according to Anne-Claire Legendre, while France today began an operation to evacuate its nationals and diplomatic personnel. “But all of the nationals do not want to leave the country”, she explains, for example because of family ties there.