Tag: Sudan

Displaced Sudan citizens in millions struggle to survive amid economic downturn

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

About two months after heavy clashes around his home in Sudan’s capital drove Sherif Abdelmoneim to flee, soaring rent and food costs forced the 36-year-old and his family of six to return to a city where fighting still rages. Most of those who fled Khartoum after the war, between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. 1 million have stayed in Sudan, where they have come under increasing financial pressure. “The states (outside Khartoum) are safe but the prices are expensive and rents are high, and we cannot continue…

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FG denies abandoning Igbos stranded in Sudan

Aminu Imam

Reports alleging that some Nigerians of Igbo background were intentionally left behind in Sudan, which is currently ravaged by war, have been debunked. There were earlier reports which alleged that the chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa issued the directive for the Igbos in Sudan to be left behind in favour of other ethnic backgrounds. A viral video that circulated on social media claimed Igbo indigenes in Sudan were stranded, while one of the indigenes narrated how they (Igbo) were asked to alight from the bus for…

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Egypt has opened borders for Nigerians fleeing Sudan – FG

Aminu Imam

The Egyptian authorities have finally agreed to allow Nigerians fleeing the war in neighbouring Sudan pass through its country. Due to the closure of Sudanese airspace, the Federal Government had made arrangement for buses to convey Nigerians to Egypt, from where they were to catch flights back home. However, Nigerians have been stranded at the Egyptian border as a result of refusal of the country to allow free passage despite repeated pleas. Chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, yesterday afternoon, said Egypt had agreed to open…

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Sudan Last Day of Ceasefire: Nigerians stranded in desert

Aminu Imam

Some Nigerians who managed to leave war-torn Sudan, are currently stranded on the journey from Khartoum to Cairo, in Egypt, after the drivers of the buses, after being paid to evacuate them, stopped in the middle of the desert and complained that the bus’s fuel had finished, and that the Federal Government has not remunerated them. As of the time of filing this report yesterday afternoon, it was gathered that none of the Embassy officials are on the ground to explain to stranded Nigerians, especially the students, why the drivers…

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Sudan: FG spent $1.2m to evacuate stranded Nigerians to Cairo -Foreign Affairs Minister

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government, yesterday in Abuja, said it has spent $1.2m to deploy 40 buses to evacuate at least 2,400 stranded Nigerians out of Sudan. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, disclosed this to State House correspondents shortly after this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting, presided over by the President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chambers of Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. Onyeama said the high cost of the evacuation was to provide security cover for the eight-hour journey from Luxor to Cairo and the eleven-hour trip from Aswan to…

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“Stop turning my offer to evacuate Nigerians in Sudan into ethnic war” – Onyeama warns Igbos

Aminu Imam

Chief Executive of Air Peace, Allen Onyeama, has warned that his support to evacuate stranded Nigerians from war-torn Sudan should not be considered an ethnic matter. Onyeama, who disclosed this during a television programme yesterday, stated that his action was not a publicity stunt but instead borne out of the deep conviction to promote the unity of Nigeria. He, however, regretted that some Nigerians on social media had turned his gesture to ethnic warfare. The minister said the country’s unity is paramount to him, which should be true for all Nigerians.…

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“Disregard NANS Sudan, stay indoors”, Embassy tells Nigerian students

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has advised Nigerians studying in war-torn Sudan to disregard the National Association of Nigerian Students, (NANS), plans to evacuate them to Ethiopia. In an issued statement yesterday by the Charge D’ Affairs of the Nigerian Embassy in Khartoum, H .Y. Garko, the Federal Government urged the students to maintain their composure as preparations were being made to evacuate them from the North African country. The NANS had, in an issued statement by its media committee directed the students to gather in Gadarif for their evacuation to neighbouring…

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Sudan Crisis: Nigerian students to pay $100 as NANS evacuates to Ethiopia

Aminu Imam

Following the war in Sudan that has claimed hundreds of lives and left many foreign nationals stranded, several Nigerian students currently at the war zone have announced plans to evacuate to Ethiopia. In a statement released yesterday by the media committee of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Sudan branch, the students instructed their peers to gather at three points in Gadarif before being evacuated to the neighbouring country of Ethiopia. Meanwhile, the Federal Government, through the Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, described the situation…

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Coup in Sudan, Prime Minister, others detained by soldiers

Aminu Imam

Sudanese acting Prime Minister, Abdallah Hamdok, was reportedly placed under house arrest yesterday by a group of an unidentified military force. The arrests took place before dawn yesterday. Citing unidentified sources, Al-Hadath said those detained include Industry Minister Ibrahim al-Sheikh, Information Minister Hamza Baloul, and media adviser to the prime minister, Faisal Mohammed Saleh. The spokesman for Sudan’s ruling sovereign council, Mohammed al-Fiky Suliman, and the governor of Sudan’s capital Khartoum, Ayman Khalid, were also arrested. Sudan has been on edge since a failed coup plot last month unleashed bitter…

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Just In: Coup in Sudan; Prime Minister, other top government officials detained

Aminu Imam

An apparent coup attempt has been reported in Sudan. Military forces in the restive African country have arrested several members of the country’s civilian leadership and put Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok under house arrest, according to Al-Hadath TV. The broadcaster said the arrests took place before dawn on Monday. Citing unidentified sources, Al-Hadath said those detained include Industry Minister Ibrahim al-Sheikh, Information Minister Hamza Baloul, and media adviser to the prime minister, Faisal Mohammed Saleh. The spokesman for Sudan’s ruling sovereign council, Mohammed al-Fiky Suliman, and the governor of Sudan’s…

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