The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Saturday the start of the arrangement for the evacuation of Saudi citizens and several nationals of friendly countries from Sudan to the Kingdom. In a statement, the Ministry said the measure comes in implementation of the directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz. Sporadic shelling rang out late on Friday in Sudan's capital even though warring factions announced a truce. The United Nations, US, UK, Japan, Switzerland, South Korea, Sweden and Spain have said they were making preparations or attempting to remove their personnel after almost a week of violence.