Iran Press/ Africa: Buses are lining up at the border area and families have been sleeping outside in the desert, waiting to be let into the neighboring country.
"I left my home, my place because of the fighting between people of the same country against each other," said Sudanese citizen Nawal al-Sharif.
It added that a further 2,000 nationals from 50 other countries or members of international organizations had crossed into or were airlifted to Egypt.
The Sudanese Health Ministry says at least 512 people, including civilians and combatants, have been killed and another 4,200 wounded since the fighting began.
The Doctors’ Syndicate, which tracks civilian casualties, said at least 295 civilians have been killed and 1,790 wounded.
Tens of thousands of residents of the capital, Khartoum, have also fled to neighboring provinces or into already existing camps within Sudan that house victims of past conflicts.
Egypt has close ties with the Sudanese military but has called on both sides to end the fighting.
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