ITV News published this video item, entitled “Britons left behind in Sudan as deadline to reach evacuation airfield passes | ITV News” – below is their description.
The deadline for British nationals to reach the evacuation airfield in Sudan passed at 12pm local time, but it is clear there are still UK citizens and their family members who are still trapped amid the violence.
The final evacuation flight from the Wadi Saeedna airfield near Khartoum will depart on Saturday night.
British pensioner Maureen, speaking from the north of Khartoum, told ITV News some were too frightened to make the journey to the airbase to be evacuated.
“People don’t understand, they think you should take that risk but it’s not that easy and I don’t feel confident enough to do that,” she said.
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Khartoum or Khartum is the capital of Sudan. With a population of 5,274,321, its metropolitan area is the largest in Sudan. Khartoum is located at the confluence of the White Nile, flowing north from Lake Victoria, and the Blue Nile, flowing west from Lake Tana in Ethiopia.
The Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, Libya to the northwest, Chad to the west, the Central African Republic to the southwest, South Sudan to the south, Ethiopia to the southeast, Eritrea to the east, and the Red Sea to the northeast.
Sudan’s history goes back to the Pharaonic period. Independence from the British was proclaimed on 1 January 1956.
Islam was Sudan’s state religion and Islamic laws applied from 1983 until 2020 when the country became a secular state. The economy has been described as lower-middle income and relies on oil production. Sudan is a member of the United Nations, the Arab League, African Union, COMESA, Non-Aligned Movement and the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation.
