LONDON: A government minister said that the United Kingdom has successfully completed its last evacuation operation from Sudan.
The final aircraft from Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, departed at 22:00 local time (11:00 BST) on Saturday, according to the Foreign Office Minister of the Foreign Office Andrew Mitchell. “We cannot remain there forever in such perilous circumstances.”
According to the BBC, Sudan’s regular army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) resumed fighting for the capital after a 72-hour ceasefire broke down on Saturday.
In an effort to force out the paramilitary RSF, the Sudanese army stated it was attacking Khartoum from all sides with bombers and heavy artillery.
Since fighting broke out in Sudan two weeks ago, tens of thousands of citizens have fled the nation.
The United Nations worries that hundreds of thousands of people might be displaced if the war continues and believes the death toll is far higher than the most current official estimate of 459.
The turmoil in Sudan might worsen and rival that in Libya and Syria, the country’s former prime minister has warned.
While some people have fled using unauthorised means like boats and buses, other nations have desperately evacuated their citizens.
The United States government said on Saturday night that the first civilian rescue had been successful. According to the report, US citizens and permanent residents had been driven by convoy to Port Sudan and were now travelling by boat over the Red Sea to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The UK government stated that 1,888 people were evacuated on 21 planes and that “evacuation flights are no longer running.”
The UK government came under fire for not moving swiftly enough to save its residents when it started its airlift after other European nations had evacuated hundreds.
Additionally, it came under fire for only evacuating British citizens and for not including NHS doctors, but it later changed its mind and decided to let them board flights.
Millions of people are still stranded in Khartoum, where food, water, and gasoline are in limited supply.
