Canada tells its citizens to 'shelter in a safe place” as some foreign officials are evacuated by sea.
Those evacuated to Saudi Arabia on Saturday were welcomed at Jeddah Sea Port with sweets and roses
Khartoum airport has been repeatedly targeted and Canada's government says no flights are possible yet.Describing the security situation as "highly volatile",tells citizens to keep their phones charged, their doors and windows locked and "consider leaving the country if there's a safe means to do so".
Saturday's evacuation to Jeddah - the first since violence in Khartoum erupted last week - saw citizens, diplomats and international officials travel by sea. As well as Gulf nations, there were also citizens from Egypt, Pakistan and Canada.At the heart of the fighting is a power struggle between forces loyal to Sudanese army chief Abdel Fatteh al-Burhan and a rival paramilitary faction, the Rapid Support Forces .
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak chaired an emergency government Cobra meeting on Saturday to assess the Sudan crisis and more talks are expected on Sunday.Some UK nationals trapped in Sudan have voiced frustration and anxiety over the absence of an airlift. Another British citizen in Khartoum told the BBC she felt "completely abandoned" by the UK government, saying she had not been given "much information at all" about possible evacuation plans.
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