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DFA spokesperson Ma. Teresita Daza said the first batch of Filipino evacuees left Khartoum by land at 8 p.m. on Monday . From there, the Filipinos were expected to reach Aswan in Egypt, and then its capital, Cairo.
The violence in Sudan erupted between the forces of the two generals who seized power in a 2021 coup: the army chief and his deputy, who commands the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces .Sudan’s RSF said on Monday it agreed to a US-mediated 72-hour truce with the Sudanese Army starting at midnight to facilitate humanitarian efforts.
“Right now, we are hoping that the 72-hour ceasefire that has been declared will hold and we will — we are preparing ourselves,” Marcos said. “We can get our people out. So that’s what we’re working on now. The difficult thing is that even the land routes are not completely safe. As yet, those airports that are still bombed cannot really be used. We are still trying to find alternative ways,” the President said.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said the agreement between the Sudanese Armed Forces, or SAF, and the Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, came following intense negotiation. Since the country has an active diplomatic mission in Egypt, he said the safety of the Filipinos is assured.
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