Efforts underway to evacuate South Africans from Sudan

JOHANNESBURG - Efforts are underway to evacuate South Africans and other foreign nationals caught in the conflict in Sudan.

NGO Gift of the Givers says the mission has been made difficult by poor communications with phone lines being interrupted.

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The humanitarian organisation says a big challenge faced by those escaping the war-torn country is that many of them do not have their passports or Visas which makes it harder for them to enter other countries.  

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