Deadline passes for evacuation of British nationals
Apr 30, 2023
London [UK], April 30: The deadline for British nationals to reach the evacuation airfield in Sudan passed as the government prepares to cease flights out of the war-torn region within hours. British Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden will chair a COBRA national emergency committee meeting on Saturday afternoon to discuss the security situation in Khartoum before the final flight takes off at 6 pm British time (1700 GMT). Some 1,573 people on 13 flights have been evacuated from the WadiSaeedna site near capital, but thousands more British citizens may remain.