Sudan: evacuations still in progress

The nationals managed to reach Khartoum airport to evacuate Sudan by a French army plane. It’s the end of a long ordeal for them. They had been stuck in the fighting for over a week. Direction now the French military base in Djibouti. A total of 388 people were evacuated including nationals of other European and Asian countries. Upon their arrival in Djibouti, these returnees, finally safe, feel a strong sense of relief. “We are just waiting to find out when we will be repatriated to France. We have a few people who don’t feel very good but overall it’s ok. We are safe, we are happy“, says one of them.

150 soldiers mobilized

The evacuation operation was extremely perilous. It mobilized 150 French soldiers. One of the convoys carrying evacuees to the airport was caught in the crossfire. One or two people were reportedly injured. Information that the French authorities refuse to comment on. The situation in Sudan is very worrying. The fighting started ten days ago.