18 Sudanese killed in Libya

KHARTOUM: Eighteen Sudanese have been killed by a rocket strike in the Libyan capital, but Khartoum says the situation does not yet warrant an evacuation of its nationals, official media reported.
A briefing to Cabinet on Tuesday said “18 Sudanese nationals were killed in one incident due to fall of a random rocket on the area of their residence on the outskirts of Tripoli,” the state SUNA news agency said late Tuesday, quoting cabinet spokesman Omer Mohammed Salih.
SUNA did not say when the deaths occurred. Since mid-July, Libya has seen clashes between rival militias in Tripoli, where fighting broke out again on Monday, and in the eastern city of Benghazi.
On Tuesday, the Philippines said it would send a ship to pick up at least 700 of its citizens trapped in Libya.
Sudan’s Foreign Minister Ali Karti said that although Sudanese have been killed, “the situation in Libya did not yet reach the critical stage that necessitates evacuation of the Sudanese there,” SUNA reported on Monday.