In view of the escalating violence in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, Germany and numerous other countries had launched evacuation operations for their nationals in the north-east African country.
The Federal Foreign Office and the Defense Ministry announced on Sunday afternoon that the Bundeswehr mission was aimed at “flying out as many German nationals as possible from Khartoum”. Around 300 Germans are to be evacuated. The Bundeswehr will also bring citizens from other EU countries and other countries to safety “as far as possible”.
The three Bundeswehr machines had started from Al-Asrak in Jordan in the direction of Sudan. The first plane landed near Khartoum at around 3:50 p.m., the second a short time later, as the Bundeswehr announced. The evacuees are flown to Jordan and return to Germany from there.
Several other countries, including France, Italy, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, also launched evacuation operations. The United States and Great Britain had previously flown out embassy staff from Khartoum.
In Sudan, units of the army and the paramilitary RSF militia have been fighting each other for more than a week. An agreement to integrate the RSF militia into the armed forces had previously failed. More than 420 people have been killed and more than 3,700 injured in the fighting. Several agreed ceasefires were broken.
