Evacuation of South Africans In Sudan Hits a Snag allafrica: SouthAfrica
Cape Town — South African government's Department of International Relations and Cooperation's Deputy-Director General Clayson Monyela has said onthat eight of the 77 South African nationals who are in the process of being evacuated from Sudan do not have the necessary travel documents and were refused entry into Egypt.
Monyela assured that they were safe and that negotiations with Egypt is ongoing and will be resolved."They have not been abandoned", he said."There are many nationals of other countries all desperately trying to get out. People are hungry and desperate, tired and deprived of sleep, but we must get the job done. The goal remains to ensure that everyone comes home safely. Evacuations are never easy or without challenges.
Seven Angolan nationals and one Lesotho national are among those the South African government is trying to assist.
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