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Indonesian students can return to Sudan once conflict dies down: Envoy
Most Indonesians in Sudan were students studying Islam, as Sudan is one of the popular spots to study Islam besides Egypt and Saudi Arabia, with Sudan’s religious schools well known for their recitations of the Quran.
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This handout picture taken and released on April 28 by the Foreign Ministry shows the first group of Indonesians evacuated from strife-torn Sudan arriving at Soekarno-Hatta International airport in Jakarta after a chartered flight from Saudi Arabia.
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Sudanese envoy in Jakarta gave their assurance that once the conflict in its country died down, Indonesian students would be able to return to Sudan to finish their studies.
On April 15, disputes between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) broke out into an armed conflict, killing hundreds and wounding thousands in over two weeks of fighting.
Sudanese Ambassador to Indonesia Yassir Mohamed Ali Mohamed said a lot of Indonesian students had been evacuated safely out of Sudan while the fighting continued, but he expressed hope that once the conflict died down the students would come back.
“Insyallah [God willing], after things have settled, they can go back to Sudan to continue their studies,” Mohamed told reporters at his official residence in Jakarta on Wednesday.
He said the Sudanese army had been making progress in regaining control against the “rebellious forces” of RSF, and said he expected the situation could return to normal in a matter of two to three months.
A total of 952 Indonesians had been evacuated out of Sudan as of Wednesday, about 923 of whom had returned home to Indonesia from Jeddah in four batches of repatriation flights in the past few days while six Indonesians arranged their own journeys home.
There are about 1,200 Indonesian registered with their embassy in Khartoum, with around 937 present during the conflict. Most Indonesian people in Sudan were students studying Islam, as Sudan is one of the popular spots to study Islam besides Egypt and Saudi Arabia, with Sudan’s religious schools well known for their recitations of the Quran.
