Last flight left on Saturday night following evacuation of nearly 1,900 people and amid concerns Sudan’s army had blocked some from leaving
The final UK flight taking evacuees fromleft on Saturday night, the UK government has said, marking the end of Britain’s evacuation operation from the country stricken by warring armed forces.
Foreign secretary James Cleverly said: “The UK has brought more than 1,888 people to safety from Sudan thanks to the efforts of staff and military working around the clock to deliver this evacuation – the largest of any western country. The winding down of the UK operation follows a last-minute u-turn by the government to allow NHS workers to join British nationals trapped in Sudan on to the last flights on Saturday, with a middy deadline given to reach the airport amid the chaos. It comes after a doctors’ union called for NHS medics without UK passports to be included in the airlifts.
Sudan’s former prime minister Abdalla Hamdok has warned that the conflict in the turbulent African nation could deteriorate to one of the world’s worst civil wars if it is not stopped early.
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