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Hundreds still stranded in war-torn Sudan

Smoke is seen rising from a neighborhood in Khartoum, Sudan, Saturday, April 15, 2023. [AP Photo]

Hundreds of Kenyans stranded in Sudan after civil war broke out in Africa's third-largest country are asking to be evacuated from the country.

Those who spoke to The Standard said they fled to neighbouring countries, while others were dumped on the Ethiopian and Sudanese borders on Wednesday evening by the Kenyan government after they protested demanding to be evacuated.

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