"Hundreds of people had been told to risk the ongoing fighting and try to make it to the evacuation centre at the #WadiSeidna airbase – about 14 miles north of #Khartoum and its twin city, #Omdurman"

Sudanese army blocks Britons from boarding last rescue flights | #Sudan #SudanCrisis
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/29/sudanese-army-blocks-britons-from-boarding-last-rescue-flights

If this airbase closes only the longer (800-1,000km from Khartoum), more dangerous routes will remain.
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The Sudanese Armed Forces, loyal to Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and its rival, the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group, traded blame for the incident at the #WadiSeidna airbase, 12.5 miles (20km) north of #Khartoum on the western bank of the #Nile.

#Sudan street battles threaten fragile ceasefire as Turkish plane shot | #Sudan #SudanCrisis | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/28/sudan-street-battles-threaten-fragile-ceasefire-turkish-plane-shot-truce-extension

If this airbase closes only the longer (800-1,000km from Khartoum), more dangerous routes will remain.
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The Sudanese Armed Forces, loyal to Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and its rival, the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group, traded blame for the incident at the #WadiSeidna airbase, 12.5 miles (20km) north of #Khartoum on the western bank of the #Nile.

#Sudan street battles threaten fragile ceasefire as Turkish plane shot | #Sudan #SudanCrisis | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/28/sudan-street-battles-threaten-fragile-ceasefire-turkish-plane-shot-truce-extension

"#Britain has been evacuating civilians from the #WadiSeidna airbase north of #Khartoum since Tuesday, in a series of flights going via #Cyprus to the #UK, but it will only pick up British nationals, their spouses and children under 18."

#UK says nearly 900 evacuated from #Sudan amid hopes of further flights | #SudanCrisis
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/27/british-nationals-should-leave-sudan-immediately-says-minister