The British evacuation mission in Sudan is “not over yet” despite the end of the airlift, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has said.
The final evacuation flights left Sudan on Monday evening. According to UK government figures, as of Monday at 5:30 p.m., the number of people repatriated from the war-torn African nation by Britain’s armed forces stood at 2,197.
British nationals board an RAF aircraft in Khartoum, Sudan, on April 26, 2023. (UK Ministry of Defence via Getty Images)
Anyone seeking to leave will now have to make their own way to safety through Port Sudan or at land borders into neighbouring countries….