The Latest Breaking News from Sudan

A Swiss ambassador described on Tuesday a narrow escape during a French-assisted evacuation mission from Sudan, with air strikes shaking an evacuation bus carrying diplomats to a military base.

English teacher Jennifer McLellan, 36, was last known to be in a house near the capital of Khartoum after fleeing conflict between the Sudanese army and Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group

Vincent Guerend said 36 Irish citizens were among the 500 people flown from Khartoum on three French flights in recent days.

Ukraine has rescued 138 civilians, including its own nationals and citizens of Georgia and Peru, who were trapped by fighting in Sudan, Ukraine's military intelligence said on Tuesday.

Rawan al-Waleed was expecting to fly from Khartoum to Cairo last week for a wedding.

Cyprus said on Tuesday it had activated a humanitarian rescue mechanism for the evacuation of third-country civilians through the island from Sudan.

The British government said it had launched a large-scale evacuation of its citizens from Sudan on Tuesday, after the North African country's warring factions agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire. Britain said military flights would depart from an airfield outside Khartoum, and would be open to those with British passports. Priority…

With the Sudanese conflict now in its second week, regional anxiety is mounting among its seven neighboring countries over the potential fallout of the crisis. There are fears that the conflict could escalate over time and across borders, leading to wide scale displacement of people towards border regions. This comes…

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly announced that the operation would begin on Tuesday after ministers came under pressure to help at least 2,000 citizens flee the conflict.