SA's rescue mission, although classified, is at an advanced stage.Seventy-seven South Africans are stranded in Sudan without diesel or electricity and unstable internet connections amid fighting in the capital, Khartoum, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation said late on Sunday night.
"They've run out of diesel. There's no electricity and therefore poor network coverage," Monyela said. Like all countries carrying out rescue missions, South African security forces' evacuation plan is classified.Government is doing everything possible to get our nationals out. Without revealing security plans, there's an option that is being implemented.
On Sunday, the Nigerian embassy in Khartoum called for calm and appealed to Nigerian students and others in Sudan to remain indoors while they work on getting Sudanese authorities' approval to commence their evacuation.