Sudan: UK Sends Military Team As It Weighs Evacuation Options

As pressure mounts on the government to rescue additional UK citizens, a small British military reconnaissance team is in Sudan to look into evacuation alternatives.
Although troops are there, according to defence minister James Heappey, no evacuation strategy has yet been made public.
In a military operation on Sunday, the UK flew diplomats and their families out of Sudan.
But despite the fact that hundreds of people have perished in street shootings, thousands of people with UK passports are still present.
On April 15, violence erupted between competing military factions vying for control of the third-largest country in Africa, with Khartoum as its focal point.

 

Foreign Office minister Andrew Mitchell informed MPs on Tuesday that there are believed to be 4,000 British citizens in Sudan, and that 2,000 of them have already asked for assistance.
Other governments have evacuated hundreds of individuals out of Sudan, including more than 1,000 from European Union member states. Nearly 200 people were evacuated by Saudi Arabia, including five Britons.
According to some UK citizens, they felt abandoned by the government.
British resident Amar Osman from Dunfermline, Fife, told the BBC that he thought his family would perish in Sudan if they couldn’t escape their captivity after getting caught north of the capital.
“It’s getting worse by the minute, so we’re thinking of evacuating by road to Egypt,” said Mr. Osman, who was in the area to see relatives.