Evacuation of Nigerian citizens in Sudan begins

The evacuation of Nigerians living in Sudan was started by the Nigerian government on Wednesday.

The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), which uploaded a video of buses parked in a row, revealed this in a tweet. Additionally, it published a photo showing a line of people with the description, "at the registration point this morning."

“Last night, the Nigeria Evacuation team in SUDAN received some buses to transport Nigerian Students to nearby borders in Egypt, before airlifting them to Nigeria, this has been sorted by the Federal Government through @nemanigeria and the Nigerian Embassy in Sudan,” NiDCOM tweeted.

More buses are expected to arrive this morning, according to NiDCOM, and the remaining children will board them.

The evacuation was initially supposed to begin on Tuesday but didn't because buses couldn't get passes to proceed, so the evacuation was postponed.

The WhatsApp group for Nigerians in Sudan offered a different explanation, claiming that it was because of some logistical problems.

According to PREMIUM TIMES, several Nigerian students who are studying in Sudan have requested assistance from the Nigerian government.

According to the UN, about 500 people have died and nearly 4,100 have been injured since the conflict started more than a week ago.

Several nations have been able to remove their citizens from the conflict-torn Sudan, including the UK, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, and France, among others.

The United States was able to mediate a limited ceasefire that allowed additional countries to leave and the Sudanese to flee to safety after four efforts at one failed last week.

Volker Perthes, the UN representative to Sudan, said on Tuesday at a UN Security Council meeting in New York City that there are no indications that the warring parties in Sudan are prepared to truly discuss an end to hostilities.

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