Two buses carrying South Africans from Sudan have arrived safely at the border in Egypt after a seven-hour journey through the desert. ECRNewsWatch Sudan
It says the South African embassy is ready to receive them and facilitate their entry into Egypt.Dirco says the evacuation operation isn't over yet as 12 more nationals are due to leave Sudan on Tuesday.The evacuations come as sporadic gunfire rang out in parts of the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Tuesday despite a US-brokered agreement between the warring generals to cease fire for 72 hours to pave the way for talks on a more lasting truce.
Ten days of heavy fighting, including air strikes and artillery barrages, have killed hundreds of people, many of them civilians, and left some neighbourhoods of greater Khartoum in ruins.The Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces agreed to the ceasefire"following intense negotiations", US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement shortly before the truce took effect at midnight on Tuesday.
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