UK arranges extra evacuation flight from Port Sudan on Monday

The UK volition tally an other evacuation formation for British nationals inactive trapped successful Sudan connected Monday.

But British passport holders volition request to marque the travel to the coastal metropolis of Port Sudan, 500 miles from the superior Khartoum, wherever the erstwhile planes took disconnected from.

The UK has present helped 2,122 radical connected 23 flights to fly the country.

Airstrikes and warring person been reported implicit the play contempt a ceasefire betwixt rival service factions.

Tens of thousands of radical person fled the state since warring engulfed the state much than 2 weeks ago.

The superior metropolis Khartoum has seen the heaviest fighting, with the Sudanese subject and the Rapid Support Forces, a almighty paramilitary group, warring for power of the country.

Sudan's subject said connected Saturday it was launching a large caller violative against RSF positions successful Khartoum.

The latest truce, which hasn't held, was owed to extremity astatine midnight connected Sunday. But the RSF said the ceasefire had been extended for different 3 days.

British information services had been scoping retired Port Sudan arsenic an alternate evacuation tract since the opening of the week, and person established a constricted diplomatic beingness there.

Defence caput Ben Wallace said: "I americium grateful to our equipped forces who person ensured determination was an alternate to Wadi Saeedna and who are presently supporting FCDO and Border Force unit to facilitate the rescue effort."

Foreign bureau curate Andrew Mitchell warned connected Saturday that the UK "can't enactment [in Sudan] forever" arsenic the information concern continues to deteriorate.