Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RFS) is ready for a ceasefire to end the ongoing conflict that has worsened a humanitarian crisis in the country, senior RSF officials said at a briefing in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital.
The number of cholera infection cases in Sudan has climbed to 30,880, while dengue fever cases reached 6,011.
South Sudan's Ministry of Health on Monday declared a cholera outbreak in the congested Renk transit camp in the northern Upper Nile State, which is currently hosting people fleeing conflict from neighboring Sudan.
The Sudanese government on Tuesday denied any food gap in Sudan and called previous reports of famine in the country "exaggerated."
At least 23 people were killed and dozens injured in an artillery attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State, a popular committee said.
He lauded Operation Kaveri and said that his evacuation from Sudan was like "re-birth" as he had lost hope to survive.
Officials of the state government are in constant touch with the team of the Ministry of External Affairs.
As Operation Kaveri is underway, another batch of 297 Indians have been rescued from Sudan and have arrived at Jeddah by INS Teg, Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said on Thursday.
India has deployed its military planes and warships to rescue Indians from there.
The French Embassy in India has also evacuated some Indians along with the citizens of 27 other countries as part of its evacuation mission in Sudan
