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Germany Completes Evacuation of Citizens in Sudan


Wed 26 Apr 2023 | 05:50 PM
Israa Farhan

The last evacuation flight from Sudan to Jordan will take place this evening, Germany's foreign and defence ministries said earlier in a joint statement.

"No further German evacuation flights from this region are planned", the ministries said.

The evacuation mission began on Sunday. The air force has evacuated a total of more than 600 people.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock reported that her country is still "working on ways to safety" for German citizens that are still in Sudan.

Germany has been leading international evacuation efforts out of an airbase near the Sudanese capital Khartoum. 

Army officials were in talks with countries on who would take over after the last flight organized by Germany.

British Defense Minister Ben Wallace pointed out that the UK would "stand ready and prepared to take over from (Germany) should they decide the evacuation is finished."