The army said on Sunday that 101 individuals had been evacuated from Sudan, where ferocious combat between opposing generals has entered its second week.
The evacuees “landed safely in Jordan” at approximately midnight local time (2100 GMT), according to a tweet from the Bundeswehr.
Three A400Ms in all had arrived in Sudan on Sunday to pick up passengers for evacuation, it said.
According to an army official, the airplane was transporting both German citizens and people of other nations.
According to defense officials, German military aircraft were utilizing a Sudanese airfield close to the capital Khartoum after departing from Azraq in Jordan, roughly a three-hour flight away.
Prior to this, the foreign and defense ministries had said that “an ongoing evacuation operation… in coordination with our partners” was underway.
The ministry said on Twitter, “Our goal is to fly as many (German) nationals out of Khartoum in this dangerous situation in Sudan.”
We will also take citizens of the EU and other countries with us, if it is possible.
The United States, Britain, and France have all started to begin removing their nationals from Sudan.
According to the magazine Der Spiegel, Germany attempted to start evacuations on Wednesday but failed.
Three military cargo aircraft were ordered to turn around as they approached the nation, it said.
The German government was preparing to rescue some 300 German people, according to a story published on Sunday in the newspaper Bild.
For the duration of the expedition, a truce has been agreed upon, it stated.
Additionally, according to Bild, the German army has sent paratroopers to Jordan in an attempt to assist with ongoing evacuation operations.
The conflict over the RSF’s intended integration into the regular army started fighting between army head Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s troops and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo’s Rapid Support troops (RSF) on April 15.
The World Health Organization estimates that 420 people have died and 3,700 have been wounded as a result of the violence.
