- More evacuations are underway, with the Ministry of foreign affairs saying three evacuation programs were active.
- Sudan woke up to a 72-hour ceasefire, which took effect at midnight (22:00 GMT) on Monday.
The first group of Kenyan evacuees from Sudan landed in Nairobi on Monday night.
Thirty-nine students — 19 Kenyans along with 19 Somalis and one Saudi Arabian national — alighted from a Kenya Airforce aircraft that landed on Monday night.
The students traveled by road to South Sudan where they boarded the military aircraft that flew from Nairobi to pick them up.
The group was received by Defense Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale who said they were all students at an international university in Sudan and that more Kenyans were scheduled to be airlifted home.
“I applauded the youngsters for their courage and resilience in braving the ongoing bloodbath and, further encouraged Kenyans stranded in Sudan and their families back home to continue registering with the State Department for Diaspora Affairs, for logistical purposes,” said Duale.
“We condemn the senseless killings, destruction of property and general unrest in Sudan and encourage the warring factions to give genuine and open dialogue a chance.”
More evacuations are underway, with the Ministry of foreign affairs saying three evacuation programs were active.
Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua thanked countries that allowed Kenyans fleeing from Sudan to cross the border and “granted permission for Kenyan planes to overfly their airspace.”
Mutua said the three programs are estimated to ferry over 300- 400 Kenyans.
He said Kenya has already facilitated 29 Kenyan students to cross the border to Ethiopia and are on their way to Gondor where they will fly to Addis Ababa and then to Nairobi.
Diaspora affairs PS Roseline Njogu shared photos of students who are part of a group of 29 currently in Gondor, Ethiopia after fleeing Sudan.
She said the group would be flown home later.
The ministry said hundreds of Kenyans were en route to Port Sudan from where they will be airlifted.
As fighting continues in Sudan, several countries have evacuated their citizens to other countries including Djibouti, Egypt and Ethiopia.
Sudan woke up to a 72-hour ceasefire, which took effect at midnight (22:00 GMT) on Monday.
It is at least the third suspension of fighting since violence erupted this month, but the others did not hold.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said an agreement had been reached between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) after 48 hours of negotiations.
At least 400 people have been killed since fighting erupted on 15 April.
Both sides in the conflict independently announced their involvement in the ceasefire.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned the violence in Sudan risks causing a "catastrophic conflagration" that could engulf the whole region and beyond.
Since the violence began, residents of the battle-scarred capital Khartoum have been told to stay inside, and food and water supplies have been running low.
The bombing has hit key infrastructure, like water pipes, meaning that some people have been forced to drink from the River Nile.