The department of international relations and co-operation (Dirco) says a substantial number of South Africans are stranded in war-torn Sudan, placing the figure just above 100.
Fighting erupted in the capital Khartoum and other sites across the country at the weekend as powerful rival military factions battle for control, increasing the risk of a nationwide civil war.
Tension has been building for months between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces , which together toppled a civilian government in an October 2021 coup. Dirco spokesperson Clayson Monyela, in an interview with 702, confirmed there were South African citizens in the volatile country, but said it was impossible to give an exact figure as the numbers “change by the hour”.
“The unfortunate thing about some South Africans when they travel and leave for work in foreign countries, they don't always inform the embassy in those countries. So it's only at a time like this when they reach out. But we are adding their names to the database.
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