211 Ugandans, living in Sudan have been evacuated successfully from Sudan using UGANDA AIRLINES.
They arrived in Uganda this morning, 27th April 2023. while Nigerians are still walking the
Sudan update: For ease of conveying the students, they were put on the buses according to their states of origin , as our excited Student doing this narration tells us here.Journey mercies 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿 pic.twitter.com/JQmVdHB0to
— Abike Dabiri-Erewa (@abikedabiri) April 26, 2023
bush, border path, the Nigerian government using 1.2MILLION DOLLARS to rent buses that will carry Nigerians across the Sudan border.
At least 211 Ugandans who were trapped in conflict-hit Sudan arrived at Entebbe Airport during the wee hours on April 27 from Ethiopia’s Bahir Dar Airport, the government has said.
The evacuees, who included diplomats, students, and business expatriates, reached Entebbe aboard a Uganda Airlines plane at around 2 am accompanied by External Security Organisation (ESO) director general, Ambassador Joseph Ocwet.
In Sudan, a power struggle between army chief Gen Abdel Fatah al-Burhan and his deputy-turned-rival, Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo alias Hemedti, began on April 15.