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FG Begins Evacuation Of Stranded Nigerians In Sudan On Wednesday

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No fewer than 5,500 stranded Nigerians will be evacuated from warzone Khartoum and other cities in Sudan.

This was made known by Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, who said the FG has released N150m for hiring 40 buses to convey its desperate citizens from Sudan to Cairo in Egypt.

Dabiri-Erewa revealed that the Central Bank of Nigeria through the National Emergency Management Agency made the payment to an undisclosed transport company on Tuesday at 12:37 pm.

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The government official also assured that the evacuees would take off on Wednesday morning.

The evacuation is taking place against the backdrop of the three-day ceasefire starting midnight Tuesday declared by the Sudanese armed forces and the Rapid Support Force.

The clashes broke out between erstwhile allies, General Abdel al-Burha,  who heads the Sudanese Armed Forces and leader of the RSF paramilitary group,  General Mohamed Dagalo, over a power-sharing disagreement.

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