THE LATEST: Canada moving Sudan evacuation operations to port city as conflict continues
Defense Minister Anita Anand says about 550 people, including more than 400 Canadians, left the country on six military-run flights from the country's main airport in Khartoum between Thursday and Saturday.
But deteriorating safety conditions in the Sudanese capital made it necessary to suspend future flights as of Saturday night, and Anand says evacuation efforts will now be based out of the city of Port Sudan about 800 kilometres away. Canada's Chief of the Defence Staff, Gen. Wayne Eyre, says pilots using night vision goggles saw gunfire exchanges and fighting on the ground in Khartoum on Saturday as they conducted two flights carrying 205 passengers, including 60 Canadians.
Anand says Canadian officials are joining an American-led relocation to Port Sudan, where she says there are commercial and other options for leaving the country.Related Stories
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