1,888 People Airlifted to Safety as UK Wraps Up Sudan Evacuation

British nationals board an RAF aircraft in Khartoum, Sudan, on April 26, 2023. UK Ministry of Defence via Getty Images

Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) airlifted 1,888 people on 21 flights from war-torn Sudan in the UK government’s evacuation operation, which ended on Saturday evening.

The final UK evacuation flight departed from the Wadi Saeedna airfield near the Sudanese capital Khartoum at 10 p.m. local time on Saturday, the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) said.