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* Norway: Three Norwegian diplomats have been evacuated from Sudan. It is estimated that around 80 Norwegian citizens are still in the country. * Denmark: 15 Danish citizens were evacuated from Sudan on the night of Monday. Six Danes are still in the country, but do not want to be evacuated, according to Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen. * Sweden : Swedish authorities confirmed on Monday that 25 Swedish citizens were evacuated by a French military plane to Djibouti on the night of Monday. It is estimated that 150 Swedes are still in the country. * United States: US special forces have evacuated all US government personnel in Sudan and their dependents. It should be about less than 100 people. * China : Chinese authorities have begun the evacuation of their citizens in Sudan. It will be about 1,500 Chinese citizens. * United Kingdom : British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirmed on Sunday that British armed forces had evacuated all diplomatic staff and their families from Sudan. * France : As of Monday morning, France has taken out 388 people in the French evacuation operation in Sudan. A French plane that left Khartoum on Sunday also evacuated a number of EU delegations. * Germany: The German air force has so far evacuated 311 people from an airport near Khartoum, according to the German defense. The first 101 people arrived in Berlin on Monday morning. German authorities have said they know of around 200 citizens who are in Sudan. * Ireland: Ireland has sent twelve defense personnel to Djibouti to help with the evacuation of around 150 Irish nationals. * Italy : Italian authorities evacuated around 200 people in a military operation on Sunday, including all Italian citizens who have requested assistance to leave the country. Italy’s foreign minister has said that there are around 140 Italians in question, in addition to around 60 people from other countries. * Spain and Mexico : Spanish authorities have evacuated their diplomats and nationals in Sudan, as well as others from Europe and South America. Five Mexicans and two family members were on board a Spanish evacuation plane, according to Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard. * Egypt : Egypt, which is a neighboring country to Sudan, has evacuated 436 citizens from the war-torn country. They estimate that around 9,600 Egyptians are still in Sudan as of Monday morning. * Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states: Saudi Arabia has evacuated 91 Saudis and around 66 people from other countries using naval vessels to Jeddah, across the Red Sea. Neighboring Kuwait says all its citizens who wanted to go home have arrived in Jeddah. Qatar has also thanked Saudi Arabia for helping to evacuate its citizens. * Canada : Canadian authorities have said they have completed their evacuation from Sudan and that all their diplomats have been extracted. * Russia: Moscow’s ambassador in Khartoum confirms that 140 out of a total of 300 Russian citizens in Sudan have said they want to leave the country. However, Russia has not launched an evacuation operation yet, as it would involve crossing front lines, according to the ambassador. * Turkey : Turkish authorities evacuated some of their approximately 600 citizens in Sudan via roads from two districts in Khartoum to the southern town of Wad Madani on Sunday morning. * Jordan and the Netherlands: Four planes with 343 people, including from Jordan, Palestine, Iraq, Syria and Germany have left Sudan, according to the authorities in Jordan. The Netherlands is cooperating with Jordan on the evacuation of citizens. * India : India has sent a naval vessel to Port Sudan and two military aircraft to Jeddah to assist with evacuation. They have asked their citizens to avoid unnecessary risks. * Libya: Libya’s embassy in Khartoum says 83 Libyans, including diplomats and their families, students, flight attendants and bank employees, had reached the port in Sudan to leave the country. * Tunisia : Tunisia says it will start evacuation from Khartoum on Monday. * Lebanon: Lebanon is working to evacuate 51 citizens from Port Sudan. * Philippines : Philippine authorities said on Monday that the evacuation of some 700 Filipino nationals in Sudan will begin “within the next 24 hours”, with the help of buses bound for Egypt. * South Korea and Japan: South Korea has sent a military plane to evacuate its 25 citizens in the country. Japan has also sent three evacuation planes to Djibouti. * Indonesia : Indonesia has evacuated 538 citizens from Khartoum to Port Sudan, where they are waiting to board a boat to Jeddah along with evacuees from other countries. * Ghana and Kenya: Ghana and Kenya are still working on Monday to evacuate their citizens. * Nigeria : Nigeria has requested the creation of a security corridor to evacuate 5,500 nationals from Sudan, mainly students. * Chad : The authorities in Chad have sent planes to pick up around 438 citizens who have left Khartoum by bus for Port Sudan. Source: NTB



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