Chad will evacuate 438 of its citizens from conflict-torn Sudan, busing them from Khartoum to Port Sudan on the Red Sea then flying them home, Chadian government spokesman Aziz Mahamat Saleh tweeted Monday.
Forces loyal to two rival generals are clashing in the capital Khartoum and across the country, leaving at least 427 dead and more than 3,700 wounded, according to UN agency figures.
Foreign Minister Mahamat Saleh Annadif told AFP that the total number of Chadians living in Sudan was not known.
Those who were being evacuated were 300 students as well as 120 Chadians in need of medical care, as well as “around 30” soldiers who were at Sudanese training schools, he said.
Chad closed its long 1,000-kilometre (600-mile) border with Sudan on April 15 after the violence erupted.
One of the poorest countries in the world, the nation is already hosting between 10,000 and 20,000 people who have fled the fighting, according to UN figures. Its national refugee agency, CNARR, has appealed for financial support in the face of what it has called a “new humanitarian crisis.”
Source : Macau Business