Rushing to help evacuate Filipinos from strife-torn Sudan, two Philippine diplomats figured in a major road accident in Egypt. /PDI
“They were rushing south and tried to swerve to avoid a marker but still hit it, 200 kilometers from Cairo at about midnight last night,” he told the Inquirer.
Seven buses have been contracted for the evacuation and efforts are being made to secure more buses, she added. The Department of Migrant Workers is also coordinating with Saudi Arabia to help find temporary jobs for the displaced Filipinos. The Sudan Armed Forces and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire beginning on Tuesday after negotiations mediated by the United States and Saudi Arabia.
But he said that neither party showed readiness to “seriously negotiate, suggesting that both think that securing a military victory over the other is possible.”
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