Canada carries out 1st evacuation flight from Sudan, minister says
Anand did not share details other than saying the evacuation flight occurred on an RCAF C-130 Hercules aircraft. She promised further details will come in an announcement Thursday morning in Enfield, N.S.
“We needed to make sure that conditions are safe and secure on the ground, and that we had space on the airfield – that’s actively occurring right now and will continue to occur, making sure that we have the conditions that are in place for not only the flight that I have mentioned, but additional evacuations that we are planning over the next number of days.”
Hundreds of people have been killed in nearly two weeks of conflict between the army and a rival paramilitary force, the Rapid Support Forces , which are locked in a power struggle threatening to destabilize the wider region. “We are pursuing all options. The situation is extremely dangerous in Sudan and the civilian infrastructure is necessary for any evacuation of non-combatants,” Anand said.
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