British nationals in Sudan were given until midday on Saturday to arrive at the airfield near Khartoum to board the last evacuation flight from the war-torn country.
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said it’s wrapping up the campaign because of declining demand for seats and the risk of renewed conflict.
British diplomats and their families left Sudan by April 23 after the Sudanese Armed Forces agreed to facilitate the evacuation of UK, U.S., French, and Chinese nationals.
The Royal Air Force (RAF) took over the Wadi Saeedna airfield from the Germans on Tuesday to begin airlifting other British nationals and their immediate families who wished to leave and were able to get to the airfield. The evacuees were first flown to Cyprus and then to the UK….