Sudan conflict: ‘Exceptional’ flight set to evacuate remaining British nationals at midday today

Dennis Morton
By Dennis Morton
Published 1st May 2023, 10:53 BST
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Britons wishing to leave Sudan will have until midday today (May 1) to make it to Port Sudan for an ‘exceptional’ evacuation flight

British nationals still in war torn Sudan will be brought out of the country on an extra flight scheduled for today (May 1). Remaining Brits will have until midday to reach an airport in the east of Sudan to catch an “exceptional” flight from Port Sudan International Airport.

A total of 2,122 people have so far been evacuated on 23 flights from Wadi Saeedna airfield near capital Khartoum, with the military working around the clock to get the remaining British citizens out of the country amid an uneasy ceasefire, according to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). But more that 1,000 British passport holders remain in the country.

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