• IOM: Over 1,000 arrive Ethiopia from Sudan dailyNational Hajj Commission of Nigeria had announced approval of seven carriers: Saudi-based Flynas, Max Air, Air Peace, Azman Air, Aero Contractors, Arik Air and Value Jet for both passenger and cargo services.
The airlines, which are now expected to journey through alternative routes, would spend about seven hours in the sky, as against the traditional four, whenever the Sudanese airspace is used. Meanwhile, NAHCON’s Chairman, Zikirullah Kunle Hassan, assured that Nigerian pilgrims would not suffer any pain or be asked to pay additional costs.
During his time in Sudan’s largest port, now a major evacuation and humanitarian hub, he had separate telephone conversations with Sudan’s rival generals. Also, International Organisation for Migration said over 12,000 people have arrived in Metema, the border town between Sudan and Ethiopia, since fighting erupted on April 15, many exhausted after the long and dangerous journey to safety.
Nearly 200 Kenyans, some of them students, over 200 Ugandans and more than 800 Somali nationals are among those who have been assisted. Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission , Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said if four aircraft could move at once, every Nigerian stranded in Sudan would be brought home.
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