Italy on Sunday removed all its nationals who had asked to leave Sudan, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced, calling for “an end to the war and the start of negotiations”.

“All our fellow citizens who had asked to leave have been removed,” the prime minister said in a press release she made public. Among the people who were removed “there were also foreigners”, he clarified.

Earlier on Sunday, her government’s foreign minister, Antonio Tajani, referred to the evacuation by the Italian army of “around 200 people, including Swiss and members of the apostolic nunciature.” Via Twitter, Mr Tajani clarified that the people who were evacuated were “on a flight to Djibouti”.

Mrs. Meloni called last night for “an end to the war” and “to begin negotiations that will lead to (the formation of) a political government.”

Since April 15, the two generals who have been in power since the 2021 coup have begun a merciless war.

According to World Health Organization (WHO) figures, the hostilities have killed over 420 people and injured more than 3,700 others. They have also displaced tens of thousands of civilians, who made their way to other Sudanese states or to neighboring countries, Chad and Egypt. And they caused the mobilization of many governments for the urgent removal of their citizens.