Egypt announces the killing of one of its diplomats in Sudan

Al-Akhbar (Khartoum) – The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced this evening that the assistant administrative attache at the Egyptian embassy in Sudan, Muhammad Al-Gharawi, was killed, “while he was on his way from his home to the embassy to follow up on the evacuation procedures for Egyptian citizens.”

In a statement, the Foreign Ministry confirmed that the Egyptian mission in Sudan “will continue to shoulder its responsibility in following up on the tasks of evacuating Egyptian citizens and ensuring their safe return to the homeland.”

And the Sudanese Armed Forces announced earlier that the assistant administrative attache at the Egyptian embassy was killed by “fire from the Rapid Support Forces” this afternoon.

Since the start of the fighting in Sudan on April 15, Egypt has evacuated more than 900 of its citizens, as well as its soldiers, who were training the Sudanese army, and who were captured for some time by the Rapid Support Forces.

Since the end of the week, dozens of countries have begun evacuating their nationals from Sudan, in light of the failure to reach a final solution to the military conflict, which has left hundreds dead and thousands injured.