More than 500 people have died in the conflict between two opposing generals in the conflict-torn Sudan, while hundreds of Nigerian students remain stuck.
A tenuous ceasefire enabled for the first of about 3,500 of Nigeria's citizens, largely students, to leave the country.
"They have closed the road. They said no car will go out until all the cars are delivered. They only delivered only five cars for now, so we are expecting thirty- five more cars now so that we can move," said Abdullahi Hassan Mashi, a Nigerian student studying at the International University of Africa in Khartoum as they wait to be evacuated out of Sudan.
More than 5,000 Nigerians, according to officials, are living in Sudan.
At least 459 people have died and more than 4,000 have been injured since the violence started, according to UN agencies, which also noted Sudanese civilians fleeing to South Sudan, Chad, and Egypt.