22 South Africans stuck in Egypt on their way home – DIRCO
The Department of International Relations and Co-operation Clayson Monyela confirmed on Monday morning that the 22 South Africans who were stuck while travelling from Sudan are now on their way back home.
According to the department’s deputy director-general Clayson Monyela the South Africans, who were working for a private company in Sudan, arranged their own travel out of the violence-torn country to Egypt.
The group was then stuck on a boat at Port Safaga in Egypt while waiting on a boat for clearance to catch a flight from Cairo back home.
Monyela says the South African government was asked to step in and engage with their Egyptian counterparts.
The group of 22 is part of an estimated 800 000 people expected to flee the war-torn country.
Fighting broke out between the two top generals who seized power in the country in a coup in 2021.
The coup was led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the Sudanese Military, and General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, head of the paramilitary group contracted by the government called the Rapid Support Forces.
The violence between the Sudanese Military and the Rapid Support Forces started on April 15th as tensions grew between the two groups in the preceding days.
These two groups are now fighting for control of the government in the latest round of periodical horrific violence in the region.
Monyela says the department managed to secure entry into Egypt for the 22 nationals who will be escorted home by an official.
They are expected to arrive back in South Africa over the next couple of days.
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