Analysis: In recent days, Western media's focus has centered on the evacuations of foreign nationals from Sudan. Ordinary Sudanese citizens seeking an escape are not so lucky.
that, in Sudan, “the humanitarian situation is reaching breaking point” and that the warring parties needed to ensure safe passage for civilians and help facilitate relief operations and the personnel carrying them out. “The scale and speed of what is unfolding in Sudan is unprecedented,” Griffiths said. “We are extremely concerned by the immediate as well as long-term impact on all people in Sudan and the broader region.
After clashes between the two main factions — the regular Sudanese army, led by Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces , whose leader is Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti — began in Khartoum and elsewhere more than two weeks ago, a host of Western and regional governments started conducting evacuations by air and by sea. By this past weekend, many governments indicated that they were wrapping up operations.
Ordinary Sudanese citizens seeking an escape are not so lucky. In Khartoum, turf wars consume residential neighborhoods while airstrikes pummel areas of the city. The cost for travel to the borders has skyrocketed, with few drivers able to navigate the risk. Civil passenger jets are grounded and a hodgepodge of armed groups make the road trip treacherous.
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