By: Hannah Dadzie
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has successfully evacuated 82 Ghanaian nationals to safety in Gedaref, Sudan. This was done in collaboration with its Missions in Cairo, Addis Ababa, the Honorary Consul in Khartoum and student leaders.
In a statement, the Ministry said they will be transported tomorrow, April 26, 2023 to the Ethiopian border town of Metema where they will be received by Ghana Embassy officials, processed for Ethiopian entry visa and thereof repatriated home.
The Ministry is therefore asking the general public, particularly Ghanaians stranded in Sudan to contact its Honorary Consul, Osama Ataaelmanan, who is on stand by to assist them to be evacuated to safety on +249-92920-000.
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.
The Ministry on Sunday, April 23 in a statement disclosed that it was collaborating with its Missions in Cairo, Addis Ababa, and the Honorary Consul in Khartoum to facilitate a safe passage out of the conflict-ridden Sudan.
The evacuees so far comprise 34 females and 43 males, three (3) Ghanaian footballers and two (2) others working for an Australian Mining Company.
Below is the full statement:
