Sudanese fleeing the fighting between rival generals in their capital city are flooding an already overwhelmed city on the Red Sea and Sudan’s northern borders with Egypt.
CORRECTS DATE In this screen grab taken from video, Sudanese and foreigners arrive in Port Sudan, the country's main seaport, as they wait to be evacuated out of Sudan, Saturday April 29, 2023. Sudanese fleeing the fighting between rival generals in their capital flooded an already overwhelmed city on the Red Sea and Sudans northern borders with Egypt, as explosions and gunfire echoed Tuesday in Khartoum.
They arrived in Port Sudan on the Red Sea late Monday, after an exhausting 20-hour trip, he said. There, they found thousands, including many women and children, camping outside the port area. Many had been there for more than a week, with no food and other services, he said.
Abdel-Rahman’s family went first to another crossing point, Arqin, over the weekend, but it was so crowded that they couldn't reach the customs area. The fighting has displaced at least 334,000 people inside Sudan, and sent tens of thousands more to neighboring countries, including Egypt, Chad, South Sudan, the Central African Republic and Ethiopia, according to U.N. agencies.
Early Tuesday, the sounds of explosions and gunfire echoed though many parts of the capital, with fierce clashes taking place around the military’s headquarters, the international airport and the Republican Palace in Khartoum, residents reported. Warplanes were seen flying overhead, they said.
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