The European Union’s top humanitarian official in Sudan has been shot in Khartoum, as international evacuation plans were thrown into chaos by intensifying fighting between rival militaries.

Wim Fransen, a Belgian national who heads the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (Echo) in Sudan, was found on Tuesday by his colleagues with serious but not life-threatening injuries after going missing on Sunday.

An EU Commission spokesman confirmed the incident but declined to give further details, citing security concerns for staff in Sudan. A Belgian foreign ministry spokesman said: “The situation of the Belgian citizen hospitalised in Sudan is known to us.”

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