Smoke rises over buildings during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum, Sudan April 17, 2023. (Reuters photo)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) will meet with the military on Friday to plan the evacuation of Thai nationals from Sudan amid difficulties due to the closure of the international airport in Khartoum as violent unrest continues.
The violence erupted on April 15 between forces allied with two generals — army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, commander of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) — who jointly seized power in a 2021 coup.
The clashes resulted from a dispute between the two over the planned integration of the RSF into the…
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