evacuating their citizens from the capital khartoum as fighting between two rival armed groups continues. most of those being evacuated are diplomats and their families. these are pictures of french nationals leaving earlier. spain, germany and italy are among other countries still evacuating people. the us and uk have already flown diplomats out, as well as canada. canada s prime minister, justin trudeau, tweeted that canadian officials in nearby countries have also been mobilized to help . he says they re stationed in nearby djibouti which has european and american military bases. sudan s army has been fighting a rival paramilitary group, the rsf, for more than a week. this is the scene in the capital, khartoum. and while foreign nationals are airlifted out, sudan s civilians remain trapped in the fighting. the violence worsening the country s already desperate humanitarian crisis. our correspondent mayeni jones is in lagos with the latest. it s a very difficult situation
did fail to hold and. the eu foreign policy chief says there can be no military solution to the fighting. the international community must push the rival generals to a political resolution to bring an end. let s speak now to a man whose niecejennifer is stranded in khartoum. a worrying time for you, donald and the family, how isjennifer? have you spoken to her recently? how is jennifer? have you spoken to her recently? how is jennifer? have you spoken to her recently? thank you for allowing us to take the her recently? thank you for allowing us to take the time her recently? thank you for allowing us to take the time the her recently? thank you for allowing us to take the time the behalf - her recently? thank you for allowing us to take the time the behalf of - us to take the time the behalf of the family. yes, about ten minutes ago we interacted withjennifer on facebook and she is fine. the internet was down so we had no communication from ten o clock last night, so w
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