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    An Airbus A400M cargo plane of the Bundeswehr in Germany, January 2022
    Image caption: Three military planes were reportedly sent on the rescue mission (file photo)

    Germany has halted a mission to evacuate around 150 citizens from Sudan because of the fighting in the capital, Khartoum, Der Spiegel news magazine reports.

    It said the Luftwaffe air force had dispatched three planes for the mission early on Wednesday. The planes had first landed in Greece for refuelling.

    The aircraft were later expected to fly to Khartoum to evacuate dozens of German diplomats, federal police officers and aid workers.

    However, the German military reportedly aborted the mission because of renewed clashes and airstrikes in Khartoum.

    Japan and Kenya had also announced they would evacuate their citizens, but the fighting in Sudan has delayed those plans.