Death toll passes 420, including 264 civilians, and more than 3,700 wounded as ceasefires fail to hold
Western and other nations have intensified increasingly desperate efforts to evacuate diplomats and their dependents from Khartoum, asWith a series of ceasefires failing to hold, the death toll has now passed 420, including 264 civilians, and more than 3,700 have been wounded, according to local and international NGOs. However, most analysts believe the true total of fatalities and injuries in more than nine days of fighting is much higher.
Alaa Mustafa, a 33-year-old hospital lab assistant in Omdurman, said the evacuation by western countries showed that at least politicians in London or Washington “cared about their citizens”. “The westerners have left … It doesn’t feel OK for us … We don’t know what they will do tomorrow,” the woman, who requested anonymity for fear of reprisals, said.
Reports from Khartoum suggested that a first attempt to evacuate French diplomats had failed when a convoy came under fire, with some passengers injured. “We reiterate the call for a ceasefire and resumption of dialogue in Sudan,” José Manuel Albares tweeted.
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