Meanwhile, France and Netherlands have started evacuating their citizens, according to their foreign ministries. Belgium coordinating with Netherlands and France to evacuate citizensBelgian Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib said on Twitter that her country was conducting operations in cooperation with France and the Netherlands to evacuate European nationals "as quickly as possible." Netherlands joins evacuation operationThe Netherlands has joined other countries in evacuating its citizens from Sudan, Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra said on Sunday. France begins evacuating citizensFrance is carrying out the evacuation of its citizens including diplomatic personnel from Sudan, the Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday. Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said China, France and the United Kingdom are also set to evacuate their citizens on Sunday.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 23, 2023 16:40 UTC