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FG Plans To Evacuate Nearly 3,000 From Sudan

Officials say a total of around 5,000 Nigerian nationals could be looking for evacuation.

By Soonest Nathaniel
Updated April 24, 2023
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This handout photograph taken on April 23, 2023 and released by the Etat Major des Armees (French defence staff) shows people having dinner after their arrival at the Airbase 188 in Djibouti on April 23, during the "Sagittaire" evacuation of around 100 people from Sudan on the first French flight out of the war-hit country after a "complicated" rescue operation. (Photo by ADJ Laure-Anne MAUCORPS ep DERRI / Etat Major des Armées / AFP)
This handout photograph taken on April 23, 2023 and released by the Etat Major des Armees (French defence staff) shows people having dinner after their arrival at the Airbase 188 in Djibouti on April 23, during the “Sagittaire” evacuation of around 100 people from Sudan on the first French flight out of the war-hit country after a “complicated” rescue operation. (Photo by ADJ Laure-Anne MAUCORPS ep DERRI / Etat Major des Armées / AFP)

 

 

The Federal Government plans to start evacuating nearly 3,000 of its nationals, mostly students, from Sudan by convoy to Egypt this week, a top official said on Monday.

Foreign countries are rushing to get their nationals out of Sudan as fighting between forces loyal to two rival generals rages into a second week.

Western nations have sent special forces and military aircraft to help get out embassy staff and other nationals. Others have fled the capital Khartoum by road.

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Onimode Bandele, special duties director for Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency or NEMA, told Channels TV the plan was to move about 2,650 to 2,800, including families of embassy staff.

“Nobody has been evacuated yet,” he said. “There are plans to get buses to start movement tomorrow morning.”

Officials say a total of around 5,000 Nigerian nationals could be looking for evacuation.

Since fighting erupted in Sunday, at least 427 people have been killed and more than 3,700 wounded, according to UN agencies, which also reported Sudanese civilians fleeing areas affected by fighting, including to Chad, Egypt and South Sudan.

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