A total of 211 Ugandans who have been working in Sudan have this morning touched the land after several attempts of fleeing Sudan had failed.
The group that arrived at 2:30am in the company of the External Security Organisation Director General, Amb Joseph Ocwet included diplomats, students, and business expatriates.
They arrived from Bahir Dar Airport in Northern Ethiopia where they had been picked up by Uganda Airlines and were received by the Senior Presidential Advisor on Special Operations Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba who had been designated by President Museveni to take charge of the rescue operation.
Whereas an estimated 300 Ugandans are said to be stranded in Sudan following the outbreak of the fighting between rival military factions, Uganda’s Ambassador to Khartoum, Dr Rashid Yahya Ssemuddu said last night that a comprehensive assessment of the country’s citizens still trapped in Sudan will be made after the first evacuation to see who else needs assistance.
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The evacuation of 211 Ugandans followed President Museveni’s directive to Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba to coordinate the mission and to this, the president also directed that a Uganda Airlines Airbus be dispatched to help pick the stranded Ugandans.
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