If the Turks are moving out of the capital then it's really bad.

"The Turkish ambassador’s car also came under fire from unknown assailants, a Turkish diplomatic source said. The envoy reached safety at the embassy.

Turkey’s foreign minister said #Ankara would move its embassy from #Khartoum to #PortSudan after the incident."

#Sudan’s warring sides arrive in #SaudiArabia for talks as fighting rages on | #SudanCrisis
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/06/sudans-warring-sides-to-begin-talks-in-saudi-arabia-as-fighting-rages-on

The fighting has displaced at least 334,000 people inside Sudan, and sent tens of thousands more to neighboring countries — #Egypt, #Chad, #SouthSudan, the #CentralAfrican
Republic and #Ethiopia, according to #UN agencies.

Crowds of people seeking rescue swell at #Sudan’s main seaport | #PortSudan |
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/crowds-of-people-seeking-rescue-swell-at-sudans-main-seaport

In view of the prevailing security situation in #Sudan, including attacks in #Khartoum city, it has been decided that the Indian Embassy in #Khartoum will be temporarily relocated to #PortSudan. The situation will be assessed in the light of further developments: Ministry of… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1653420764727484417 #press

"That group of mostly Americans — along with some Germans, Norwegians and local staff — were driven on seven buses contracted by the U.S. and monitored by armed #drones on the journey, a #Pentagon official told NPR. The U.S. government contracted 16 buses total." #PortSudan

The #US evacuates some 1,000 Americans from #Sudan | #SudanCrisis https://www.npr.org/2023/04/29/1172916366/sudan-us-evacuation

"It was also not immediately clear whether all those desperately seeking British evacuation from Sudan would be able to reach #PortSudan, more than 500 miles from #Khartoum, in time for Monday’s flight."

#UK forces to oversee another evacuation flight from #Sudan | #SudanCrisis
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/01/uk-forces-to-oversee-another-evacuation-flight-from-port-sudan

The challenge is how to transport critical supplies safely to the hospitals who need it.

"The first international cargo shipment with medical supplies landed Sunday in #PortSudan. It’s a glimmer of hope in the country, where a conflict between the armed forces and a paramilitary group has put thousands of innocent civilians at risk, including children, who are already severely malnourished. "

#Sudan’s Injured Get Some Relief as Medical Shipment Arrives | #SudanCrisis https://www.voanews.com/a/sudan-injured-get-some-relief-as-medical-shipment-arrives/7072645.html

Foreign Secretary Kwatra said India has set up control rooms in #Jeddah and #PortSudan that are coordinating with the headquarter here and said the evacuation has to deal with factors such as lack of diesel and buses on the ground.

#India sends third ship #INSTarkash to #PortSudan to evacuate Indians
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/jaishankar-discusses-sudan-situation-with-uk-foreign-secretary-james-cleverly/article66783910.ece

"As #OperationKaveri led by #INSSumedha gets underway from #PortSudan to #Jeddah in #SaudiArabia, India Today uses satellite imagery and open-source tools to map its journey that is bringing back citizens stranded in the violence-hit region."

Tracking Operation Kaveri: India's massive rescue op for stranded citizens in #Sudan
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/tracking-operation-kaveri-india-massive-rescue-ops-citizens-sudan-2364485-2023-04-25

An Indian citizen who was evacuated from #Khartoum told The Hindu buses had to travel nearly 800 km from Khartoum to #PortSudan to bring them to the point of extraction where #INSSumedha was waiting to take Indian evacuees to #Jeddah (#SaudiArabia).

With war on hold, first set of Indians set sail from #Sudan | #OperationKaveri
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/first-batch-of-stranded-indians-leaves-sudan-in-naval-ship/article66776969.ecee

INS Sumedha image source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/INS_Sumedha

Kawahara said he boarded the #SDF plane to #Djibouti after traveling to #PortSudan in the country's northeast from the capital #Khartoum, but he "cannot talk about it because doing so could endanger the lives of Japanese nationals still in the country."

Japanese nonprofit head evacuated from #Sudan hopes peace will return | #Japan
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230425/p2g/00m/0in/035000c

"We are looking at three exit points. One would be from #Khartoum, by land, and exit via Aswan into #Egypt. That’s a land trip. The second one would be by land to #PortSudan and then by ship to #Jeddah. The third one would be by air through #Djibouti in cooperation with the US government, because they have a #US base in Djibouti,” said Migrant Workers Secretary Susan Ople

#Philippines plots land, air, sea exits for #OFWs in conflict-hit #Sudan | #CivilWar
https://www.rappler.com/nation/overseas-filipinos/philippines-plots-land-air-sea-exits-ofws-sudan/

The South Korean nationals departed #Khartoum and traveled by land to #PortSudan, 800 kilometers away from the Sudanese capital. They were then transported by air via a C-130 Hercules transport plane to #Jeddah.

#SouthKorea evacuates nationals from strife-torn #Sudan | #CivilWar
https://m.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20230424000747

....its a deadly 825 kilometer drive to #PortSudan through a strife torn country by car. Or a 671 kilometers by plane - assuming a safe & secure airport even exists in #Khartoum | #Sudan

#PortSudan ( #Sudan's main port) is where the Saudi naval vessels picked up the foreign nationals to bring them to the safety of #Jeddah. If the people trapped in #Khartoum can somehow get to Port Sudan then they're safe. Unfortunately....

Port Sudan, Sudan: حلواني اخواان | Rating: 5 #pizza #portsudan https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=19.582247%2C37.20545739999999&query_place_id=ChIJs5tz3pJT1xURhyX1D6iypUc