Chinese nationals evacuated from South Sudan leave the worldwide airport of Khartoum, capital of Sudan, on July 15, 2016.
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The recent clashes between opposition and government forces have been the most violent in Juba since the end of the country’s two-year civil war in August 2015.
The Minister also said in case situation deteriorates in South Sudan, which is witnessing heavy fighting in several parts of the city, the government will not be able to evacuate the Indians there.
Around 200 people, including the hundred or so Germans living in South Sudan, were evacuated to Uganda by the German air force, the foreign ministry in Berlin said.
Kiir, who spoke in Juba after a meeting with an global mediation body, said the ceasefire now being enjoyed will hold, even as he pursued convincing his Vice-President Riek Machar to return to the capital. Air India helped evacuate 1,75,000 people by a civil airliner and 500 people were sent through a ship.
Millions of people facing hunger in South Sudan will be driven to the brink of catastrophe if renewed flashes of violence derail the fragile peace process, FAO said today. “Around 300 do not want to get evacuated because of the business concerns”, said Mr Singh. “I was lucky that I lived close to the hotel where we were being put up for safety”, said Professor Saha, who is the vice-chancellor of Stanford University in Juba.
Another plane carrying Indians from South Sudan will reach Delhi. Speaking to reporters at the airport, Singh said two aircrafts were involved in the evacuation operation and the other flight will land in Delhi.
In Nimule, the closest border point 200 kilometres (120 miles) to the south of Juba, UN refugee agency officials estimated as many as 20,000 people may be seeking to cross into Uganda.
It may never be possible to know exactly how many died during the fighting, Ellen Margrethe Loj, Head of the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) told journalists here via video conference on Wednesday.
After days of bloodshed in South Sudan, an uneasy truce is in effect in the world’s youngest nation, where soldiers slaughtered dozens last week.
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State minister of Sudan’s Council of Ministers, Jamal Mahmoud, told newsmen they focused on children, women and elderly people. Other top officials, including economic relations secretary Amar Sinha, were also on board, while External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj was directly monitoring the operation.
