U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says all U.S. personnel have safely been evacuated from Sudan as fighting continues to escalate.
France brought out 388 people, including citizens from 28 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and North America, on four flights to Djibouti, in the nearby Horn of Africa, two of them overnight Sunday.Three German military transport planes flew 311 people from Sudan to Jordan from where they’ll head to their home countries. Germany’s Foreign Ministry said Monday about half of the 311 were foreign nationals. The dpa news agency said among the evacuees were citizens of Australia, Bulgaria, the U.K.
A Dutch air force C-130 Hercules flew out of Sudan to Jordan early Monday carrying evacuees of various nationalities, including Dutch. No exact numbers have been provided.The Turkish government says it’s evacuating “hundreds” of its citizens by land to Ethiopia, from where they are scheduled to be flown to Istanbul.Greece’s Foreign Ministry says that 15 Greek nationals and their family members have been evacuated to Djibouti with the help of Italy.
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