To date 105 Irish in Sudan have registered with the nearest Irish embassy in Nairobi at the request of the Department of Foreign Affairs
Earlier this week, armed men wearing military fatigues “stormed” the residence of the Irish diplomat and EU ambassador to Sudan, Aidan O’Hara, who was assaulted but not seriously injured in the incident which was condemned by the European Commission.
“As for what happened at the residence of the ambassador, some armed men wearing military fatigues stormed the residence, and robbed it – they did not identify themselves,” a European Commission spokesperson told journalists on Wednesday. The conflict between rival military leaders, Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Lt Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, better known as Hemeti, which erupted last week has claimed more than 400 lives, and countries such as Japan and Germany have already begun preparations to evacuate their citizens.
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