FG approves Azman Air to airlift Nigerians from Sudan

The Federal Government has given a Nigerian airline, Azman Air, the approval to evacuate the country’s nationals stranded in war-torn Sudan.

The federal government had last week commenced the evacuation of Nigerians from Sudan to Egypt and budgeted $1.2 million for the deployment of 40 bushes for the exercise.

Fighting between the two military units loyal to the Sudanese leader, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and his estranged deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, entered its second week on Monday with over 600 people reportedly killed.

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Azman Air confirmed the development on its official Instagram handle.

The evacuation, according to the airline, will begin on Tuesday.

The statement read: “Azman Air has received the approval of the Federal Government to evacuate Nigerians stranded at the Egyptian border amid the Sudan crisis with the 409-Seater Airbus A340-600.

“Evacuation is expected to commence from Tuesday, May 2 as we await final clearance from Egypt.”

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