The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration in collaboration with its Missions in Cairo, Addis Ababa, the Honorary Consul in Khartoum and student leaders have successfully evacuated 82 Ghanaian nationals from the Republic of Sudan.
According to a statement from the Ministry, they will be transported “to the Ethiopian border town of Metema where they will be received by Ghana Embassy officials, processed for Ethiopian entry visas and thereof repatriated. Home. They comprise 34 females and 43 males”.
In addition, 3 Ghanaian footballers and 2 others working for an Australian Mining company are being evacuated through the Egyptian border post of Wadi Halfa, north of Sudan. This brings to a total of 82 Ghanaian nationals who have been evacuated to safety.
Sudan has been gripped by a deadly conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, resulting in avoidable casualties in the past week which has forced many countries to evacuate their citizens from the country.
Below is the Ministry’s full statement
