Foreign Ministry recommends Ukrainians not to travel to Sudan

Published Oct. 25, 2021 at 5:52 pm

A Sudanese protester draped with the national flag flashes the victory sign next to burning tyres during a demonstration in the capital Khartoum, on Oct. 25, 2021, to denounce overnight detentions by the army of members of Sudan's government. - Armed forces detained Sudan's Prime Minister over his refusal to support their "coup", the information ministry said, after weeks of tensions between military and civilian figures who shared power since the ouster of autocrat Omar al-Bashir.

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he Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has issued a recommendation for Ukrainian citizens to refrain from traveling to Sudan, in the capital of which four ministers and a civilian member of the ruling sovereign council were detained.

“We are closely following the development of the situation in Khartoum. We recommend that Ukrainians refrain from traveling to Sudan for now, and those who are in the country avoid crowded places, stay in a safe place,” Oleh Nikolenko, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, said on Twitter on Oct. 25.