Diplomats flee fighting in Sudan as citizens struggle to escape

Fighting has continued between the Sudanese military and a paramilitary group.

An Air Force Airbus carrying German citizens evacuated from Sudan lands at Berlin Brandenburg Airport in Schonefeld (dpa via AP)

By AP Reporters

Governments have evacuated diplomats and staff from Sudan as rival generals battled for a ninth day with no sign of a truce that had been declared for a major Muslim holiday.