Several African countries, like Ivory Coast and Chad, launched operations on April 24th, 2023 to repatriate their nationals from Sudan, where the war between the army and paramilitaries has been raging for ten days. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the fighting there left more than 420 dead and 3,700 injured.
The first African countries have started their repatriation operations from Sudan, in progress or to come: South Africa, Libya, and Nigeria…
Onimode Bandele, the Director of Special Missions for Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), stated during an interview with Channels TV that the objective is to facilitate the safe evacuation of approximately 2,650 to 2,800 Nigerian citizens, including the families of embassy staff. As of now, no evacuations have taken place, but plans are underway to commence bus transportation starting tomorrow morning.
About fifty exfiltrated Ivorian nationals
Very early on April 24th, 2023, Ivory Coast exfiltrated around fifty of its nationals. The Ivorians left by bus, heading for Cairo, where they will take a return flight to Abidjan. “This morning, at around 5:30 a.m., a convoy left Khartoum with 50 people on board in the direction of Egypt, explains Doctor Karamoko Gaoussou, director of Ivorians in the diaspora, at the microphone of Bineta Diagne. He will be welcomed by the embassy, housed by the embassy, and the time to prepare the necessary arrangements for him to return to Ivory Coast. It is a voluntary return. For the most part, they are students, especially in Islamic schools, people who have gone to perfect themselves, in terms of religious knowledge”.