Japan is preparing to evacuate its countrymen from Sudan, the government said Wednesday, the first nation to publicly announce plans to pull its citizens from the conflict-hit country.
Violence between the Sudanese army and paramilitaries has killed around 200 people since a weeks-long power struggle erupted into deadly battles on Saturday.
The defense ministry has begun the "necessary preparations" for evacuations, he told an emergency press conference. The US embassy in Khartoum has started gathering citizens' personal details while urging them to remain indoors and stay away from windows.
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