Kenya deploys Airforce planes to evacuate 300 citizens stuck in Sudan
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Kenya on Monday, April 24, sent Airforce plane to evacuate Kenyans who had been stuck in war-torn Sudan
Kenya on Monday, April 24, sent Airforce plane to evacuate Kenyans who had been stuck in war-torn Sudan.
The government of Kenya has evacuated 29 Kenyan students who were stranded in Sudan due to fighting between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the army.
Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua said in a statement on Monday that the students had crossed into Ethiopia, where they would fly to Addis Ababa from Gondor and then to Nairobi.
“I wish to thank South Sudan, Ethiopia, Egypt and Saudi Arabia for granting permission for Kenyan planes meant to evacuate stranded Kenyans in Sudan, to overfly their airspaces,” Cs Mutua said.
” I also, in particular, thank the Governments of South Sudan and Ethiopia for heeding to our request and allowing Kenyans to cross their borders and make it to safety,”
In the same statement, CS Mutua stated that a Kenya Airforce plane was on standby to evacuate a group of 18 students traveling by road to the South Sudan border.
“We have a Kenya Airforce aircraft ready for a group of 18 students who are currently travelling by road to the South Sudan border. They will be airlifted to Nairobi,” the CS announced.
Mutua added that this was part of a three-tier evacuation process that was being conducted by the Kenyan Government.
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The CS revealed that after the two evacuation exercises, the government will do another mass evacuation in coordination with the country’s national airline.
“A larger group of Kenyans are on a well-planned program of travel and we will have two aircraft ferry them from Port Sudan to Jeddah and, thereafter, travel to Nairobi by Kenya Airways.
“We estimate to ferry 300-400 Kenyans this way, if not more,” Mutua updated on the rescue plan in a statement.
As the government went into top gear to rescue Kenyans stuck in war-torn Sudan, some of the citizens stuck there revealed that they could reach designated rescue centres.
“We are in communication with the embassy but we do not have transport means to go to the location provided by the government for evacuation,” one of Kenyans stuck in Sudan revealed.
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