50 Filipinos leave Sudan by land

by Christian Crow Maghanoy - Kristina Maralit - Xinhua News Agency

Apr 26, 2023 12:42 am

A BUS carrying around 50 Filipinos caught in the clashes in Sudan has left the Sudanese capital Khartoum for the northern border with Egypt, a spokesman of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Tuesday.

'As of 8 p.m. Manila time yesterday, the first batch (of around 50 Filipinos) left Khartoum by land,' Teresita Daza said.

Passengers fleeing war-torn Sudan disembark at the Wadi Karkar bus station near the Egyptian city of Aswan, on April 25, 2023. Ten days of heavy fighting until April 24 -- including air strikes and artillery barrages -- have killed hundreds of people, many of them civilians, and left some neighbourhoods of greater Khartoum in ruins. AFP

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