The deadline for British nationals to reach the evacuation airfield in war-torn Sudan has now officially passed. Some 1,573 people on 13 flights have been rescued from the Wadi Saeedna site near the capital but thousands more may be stranded.
Evacuees stand on a ferry as it transports some 1,900 people across the Red Sea from Port Sudan to the Saudi King Faisal navy base in Jeddah, on April 29 Strikes by air, tanks and artillery rocked the capital, Khartoum, and the city of Bahri on Friday.
‘From the war planes to tanks and rockets, we had no other option than to leave,’ said Sudanese man Motaz Ahmed, who arrived in Cairo after a five-day trip.People gather to ride a truck to flee outside Khartoum, during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army, in Khartoum ‘We left behind our homes, our work, our belongings, our vehicles, everything, so we can take our children and parents to safety.
Deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden will chair a Cobra meeting this afternoon to discuss the security situation in Khartoum.The RAF has airlifted nearly 900 people from the airfield It comes after a U-turn by the government, which initially stated the flights were only open to passport holders and their immediate families.
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