It was confirmed yesterday that the Aussie Air Force got 36 Australians and their families out of Sudan as the fighting there entered its 3rd week. Our RAAF Hercules plane took them to Cyprus along with citizens from 6 other nations. This kind of international cooperation on evacuations has helped 190 Aussies evacuate so far, thanks to support from the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt. On the ground, the conflict is fast turning into a humanitarian crisis – the UN reports that 100,000 refugees have crossed the border out of Sudan in the last 2.5 weeks. The 2 sides – Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces – have agreed to a 7-day ceasefire, although the pause has been called a “theoretical truce” since shooting and air strikes are still rocking Khartoum.