The Government has cleared the way for a team from the Army Ranger Wing to travel to Sudan to assist Irish citizens leave the country.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS cleared the way for the Army Ranger Wing to travel to Sudan to help Irish citizens leave Sudan.
A team in the Department of Foreign Affairs are working on a plan and liaising with a number of other countries to organise the operation. “The Department of Foreign Affairs remains deeply concerned by the ongoing situation in Sudan and has been actively planning for assisted evacuation with our international partners.
They have also issued emergency numbers +254 716 353 999, and the Department of Foreign Affairs on +353 1 408 2000. Just over 100 US special operations troops took part in the rescue to extract fewer than 100 people, which saw three Chinook helicopters fly from Djibouti, staying on the ground in Khartoum for less than an hour.
Frightened residents, many low on water, food and other essentials, have huddled inside their homes in the chaos-torn city where buildings have been gutted, lampposts are lying on the ground, and smoke has been rising from shops set on fire. Other foreign countries have said they are preparing for the potential evacuation of thousands more of their nationals, with South Korea and Japan deploying forces to nearby countries, and the European Union weighing a similar move.
“International actors will have less impact once they’re out of country,” he said, adding in a message to foreign nations:
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