Sudan crisis: Last UK Evacuation Flight Leaves Rescue Effort Ends

A government minister described the evacuation effort from Sudan as “extremely successful” as the UK finished its evacuation effort.
The last aircraft from Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, departed at 22:00 local time (11:00 BST) on Saturday, according to the Foreign Office.
Minister of the Foreign Office Andrew Mitchell stated, “We can’t stay there forever in such dangerous circumstances.”
On Saturday, a 72-hour ceasefire was broken, and armed groups intensified their conflict for the capital.
In an effort to force out the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, the Sudanese army stated it was attacking Khartoum from all sides with bombers and heavy artillery.

 

Since fighting broke out in Sudan two weeks ago, tens of thousands of people have fled the nation.
The United Nations worries that hundreds of thousands of people could be displaced if the war continues and believes the death toll is significantly higher than the most recent official estimate of 459.
The turmoil in Sudan might worsen and rival those in Libya and Syria, the country’s former prime minister has warned.
While some people have fled using unauthorized means like boats and buses, other nations have been frantically evacuating their citizens.
The US government said on Saturday night that the first civilian rescue had been successful. US citizens and permanent residents were traveling by boat across the Red Sea to Port Sudan after being transported there by convoy.

The government said that 1,888 people were evacuated on 21 flights and that they are “no longer running evacuation flights”.
The UK government came under fire for not moving swiftly enough to save its residents after it started its airlift after other European nations had evacuated hundreds. Evacuations started last Tuesday.
Additionally, it came under fire for only evacuating British citizens and for not including NHS doctors, but it later changed its mind and decided to let them board flights.