The first special flight carrying 360 nationals, who were stranded in conflict-hit Sudan landed in Delhi on Wednesday evening. Upon landing at the Delhi airport, people chanted slogans such as ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’, ‘Indian Army Zindabad’, and ‘PM Narendra Modi Zindabad’
Sudan became an international pariah when it hosted Osama bin Laden and other militants in the 1990s, when al-Bashir had empowered a hard-line Islamist government.
As the fighting in Sudan continues, India has two Air Force planes in Jeddah and a navy ship in Port Sudan on standby to evacuate its 3,000 stranded citizens. Indian embassy personnel will stay put to oversee the operations. Meanwhile, the US and the UK have airlifted their diplomats
Evacuation efforts from Sudan continued Monday with foreign countries rushing to bring citizens home as Khartoum descended deeper into chaos.
While deadly.
KHARTOUM, April 23 Conflict-riven Sudan has suffered a “near-total” internet blackout, a web monitor said today, as fighting between the army and a paramilitary group.