Cairo has said that Egyptians kidnapped by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia in Sudan have been freed in coordination with local authorities.
The Egyptian state news agency (MENA) reported yesterday: “Egyptian bodies concerned, in coordination with their Sudanese counterparts, succeeded in releasing Egyptian nationals abducted by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia in accordance with directives of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to take all necessary measures to liberate them.”
The agency further stated that “the freed Egyptians were transferred from conflict zones in central Khartoum to Port Sudan, before being safely returned to Egypt.”
The Al-Qahera News channel, which is close to Egyptian intelligence circles, shared photos on X showing emotional reunions between some of the released individuals and their families.
While neither the agency nor the channel specified the number of those freed, local media reports indicated that seven Egyptians had been kidnapped since 2023, about two months after the war broke out in Sudan.
The Sudanese army and the RSF militia have been engaged in a conflict since April 2023, resulting in more than 20,000 deaths and around 15 million displaced persons and refugees, according to the United Nations and local authorities.
Neither Khartoum nor the RSF militia has commented on Cairo’s announcement.
Egypt supports Sudan’s official authorities, led by Transitional Council Chairman and Army Commander Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, and calls on the RSF to end the war against the Sudanese state.