The BBC's Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet reports from Port Sudan as thousands flee.
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"I feel so relieved but also so sad to be part of this history," Hassan Faraz from Pakistan told us, visibly shaken. The fighting which raged in recent weeks, amidst very imperfect and partial ceasefires, is a pitched battle for power between the Sudanese army led by Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group headed by Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, widely known as Hemedti.
Many passengers arriving in the Saudi kingdom are provided with a short hotel stay. But it's made clear that their own countries are expected to soon pick up the bill and arrange onward travel.
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