Most countries deployed military transport aircraft to fly people out, including France which used its airbase in neighboring Djibouti for the airlift. The U.S. government has told some 16,000 US citizens in Sudan that they need to fend for themselves and that there won’t be mass evacuations. They include 23 Sudanese citizens who were family members or had other links to foreigners being evacuated and 38 citizens of Niger. GERMANY:Four German military transport planes flew more than 400 people from Sudan to Jordan from where they’ll head to their home countries. Germany’s Foreign Minister Minister Annalena Baerbock said her country had evacuated citizens of 20 countries in addition to its own, and would try to continue doing so, even if the end of the ceasefire Monday could complicate the situation.

Source: The Herald April 24, 2023 16:07 UTC