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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Ismail Shakil

Canada airlifts over 100 people from Sudan in first evacuation operation

FILE PHOTO: Canada's Minister of National Defence Anita Anand speaks to the media at Ramstein U.S. Air Base, Germany, April 21, 2023. REUTERS/Heiko Becker/File Photo

Canada conducted its first evacuation operation in Sudan on Thursday, airlifting over 100 hundred people, including Canadians and other nationals, on two flights from the war-torn North African country, senior government officials said.

About 180 Canadians were evacuated from the region earlier with the help of other countries, and the federal government had been working to set up its own operation to extract civilians.

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