Germany airlifts dozens of Canadians as Sudan crisis deepens
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At least 420 people have been killed since the fighting broke out in Sudan on April 15, four years after long-ruling autocrat Omar al-Bashir was toppled.
A German plane airlifted dozens of Canadians out of Sudan Monday, according to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as many citizen continue to try and escape the conflict-ridden nation.
Speaking during a photo-op with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Ottawa, Trudeau added that the Canadian military will aim to airlift more Canadians out of Sudan using a C-17 transport plane that is in the region.
He said he heard earlier Monday that a German plane lifted off from the capital, Khartoum, carrying 58 Canadian citizens and one German citizen.
This comes hours after, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly said Canada is working with “like-minded countries” to help citizens who remain in Sudan flee the country as an armed conflict there escalates.
She also tweeted that Ottawa is exploring options for “departure assistance” to get Canadians stuck in Sudan out of the conflict-ridden nation.
“Canadians in #Sudan: We are exploring options regarding departure assistance in collaboration with like-minded countries and the international community for as soon as conditions allow,” Joly said in a Twitter post Monday morning.
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