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Weekend: Sudan: foreign nationals leave amid fighting

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Sudan: foreign nationals leave amid fighting

23/04/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Sudan: foreign nationals leave amid fighting

Sudanese Army has said foreign nationals and diplomats will be allowed to leave country

Sudanese Army has said foreign nationals and diplomats will be allowed to leave country.

In Sudan, as the fighting between forces loyal to rival generals continues, efforts to evacuate foreign nationals are underway. The Sudanese Army has said that foreign nationals and diplomats will be allowed to leave the country. President Biden says the US has suspended operations at its embassy in Sudan, and American diplomats and their families have been evacuated by US troops.

Also in the programme: we hear how the war in Ukraine is splitting the arts world in Russia. Those who support it have enjoyed government backing, while those who oppose it have come under pressure.

And tributes to one of Australia's greatest exports following the death of Barry Humphries - the Australian writer, satirist and entertainer has died in Sydney, aged 89. 

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other stories are Katja Hoyer, a German-British historian and writer and Visiting Research Fellow at King’s College London and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and David Patrikarakos, a British journalist and author, and foreign correspondent for UnHeard, a British online magazine.  


(Picture: Smoke is seen rising from buildings during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum North, Sudan. April 22, 2023. Credit: REUTERS/ Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah)

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