Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said Türkiye and Ethiopia would launch work to act as mediators to find a solution to the conflict in Sudan upon the initiative of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Meanwhile, the foreign minister also said Türkiye evacuated 1,834 people, including 249 citizens from 19 different countries, from conflict-torn Sudan. Türkiye on Thursday deployed five military transport planes, including two A400M aircraft, to evacuate its remaining citizens from Sudan. A cease-fire that came into force at Tuesday midnight was the latest attempt to stop the fighting in Sudan that first erupted on April 15. A disagreement had been fomenting in recent months between the army and paramilitaries concerning military security reform.

Source: Ethiopian News April 28, 2023 18:22 UTC