Over 1,600 Turkish citizens taken from Sudan to Ethiopia by bus

Addis Ababa, April 26, 2023 (FBC) – Using buses, over 1,600 Turkish citizens have been transported to Ethiopia from Sudan, where fighting between the Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support has left hundreds of people dead, Anadolu Agency reported.

Foreign Ministry’s efforts to evacuate Turkish citizens in Sudan to Türkiye via Ethiopia continue, according to Anadolu Agency.

The Turkish citizens are first transferred from the Sudanese-Ethiopian border to the airport in the border city of Gondar with vehicles provided by the Turkish Embassy in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa.

They then flew to Addis Ababa by planes leased from Ethiopian Airlines and are being brought to Türkiye via the Addis Ababa-Istanbul route.

The first plane carrying 164 Turkish citizens from Gondar has already arrived in Addis Ababa, it was indicated.

More than 500 people have been killed and over 4,000 others injured since April 15, when a conflict broke out in the capital Khartoum and other cities between the Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.