Trapped Nigerians students are still in Khartoum, Sudan, The PUNCH learnt.
However, our correspondent gathered that 40 buses were already on ground to convey the students from Khartoum to Cairo.
Foreigners also fled the capital Khartoum in a long-United Nations convoy, while millions of frightened residents hunkered down inside their homes, many running low on water and food. More than 420 people have been killed and thousands wounded, according to UN figures, amid fears of wider turmoil and a humanitarian disaster in one of the world’s poorest nations.
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