Number of Egyptian evacuees from Sudan reaches 6,960: Foreign Ministry

CAIRO – 30 APRIL 2023: The number of Egyptian returnees from Sudan has reached 6,960 citizens to date since the outbreak of clashes between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Sudanese Rapid Forces (SRF) on April 15, said the Egyptian Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid in a statement on Sunday.
 

Over two says (April 19 and 30), a total of 561 Egyptian citizens in Sudan returned home through the land crossings between Egypt and Sudan.

Egyptian border crossings with Sudan crossings witness an influx of displaced persons as a result of the military clashes between the Sudanese Army and the SRF.

The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced, on 29 April 2023, the end of the evacuations from the Wadi Seidna Air Base, north of Khartoum in Sudan, due to the security reasons.

The ministry said in the statement that its crisis management room continues to receive phone calls from the citizens at home and abroad around the clock on the following numbers:

01281943533 - 01283176900 - 01281943599 - 01283176913 - 01283176857 - 01283176881 - 01283176903 - 01283176894 - 01281943990 - 01283176866.