British Council staff freed unharmed from offices in Khartoum

As many as nine staff had been trapped in their offices amid clashes in the Sudanese capital

British Council staff trapped in their offices in the Sudanese capital have been rescued from the intense street fighting and returned to their homes unharmed, the UK cultural organisation has said.

As many as nine staff, all but one Sudanese, had been trapped in their offices in Khartoum.