Canada is relocating its efforts to get stranded Canadians out of Sudan from the capital to a distant port city as violence escalates.
A vehicle crosses an empty street in Khartoum, Sudan, on Saturday, April 29, 2023, as gunfire and heavy artillery fire continued despite the extension of a cease-fire between the country's two top generals. Canada is stopping flights out of the capital Khartoum and relocating its Sudan evacuation efforts to the Red Sea, joining other nations in a move to continue removing people from Port Sudan as violence in the country continues.
But deteriorating safety conditions in the Sudanese capital made it necessary to suspend future flights as of Saturday night, and Anand says evacuation efforts will now be based out of the city of Port Sudan about 800 kilometres away. “There was fighting around the airport as our aircraft were approaching,” he said. “In fact, our pilots on night vision goggles were able to see small arms exchanges as they approached.”
Eyre said Port Sudan is still a “permissive environment” for continuing evacuations out of the country, including by air. “Evacuation by road from Khartoum is a 30-hour journey with many risks along the way and not everyone is able to do that,” said Sébastien Beaulieu, an official at Global Affairs Canada. He said people must make the decision to leave or shelter in place “based on their own circumstances, their ability to travel, their mobility, and their assessment of the risks.”Sign up for the CHEK Now daily email newsletter to get breaking news and the day's top stories sent to your email.
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