The first flight transporting British nationals to safety from Sudan landed in the UK on Wednesday, 26 April.<br /><br />Around 300 people have been airlifted out of the country on several flights from Khartoum.<br /><br />“By the end of today we should have eight flights (in total),” a spokesperson for Rishi Sunak said.<br /><br />Most people on the planes are British nationals with some allies’ citizens.<br /><br />It comes as tens of thousands of Sudanese citizens and foreign nationals are attempting to escape the conflict in the midst of a US-brokered ceasefire that appears to be “partially holding” according to UN officials.
