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Many Britons making way to an airfield outside Khartoum

The Foreign Office has announced the evacuation of British nationals from Sudan after a 72-hour ceasefire was agreed between the warring sides last night.

English teacher Jennifer McLellan, 36, was last known to be in a house near the capital of Khartoum after fleeing conflict between the Sudanese army and Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly warned the situation remains ‘dangerous’.

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly announced that the operation would begin on Tuesday after ministers came under pressure to help at least 2,000 citizens flee the conflict.

The plan comes after a crunch meeting of the Government's Cobra emergencies committee last night, with two warships ons standby in the region and military planes stationed at an airfield outside the capital, Khartoum

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RAF transport planes fly into country, as UK government takes advantage of ceasefire

A three-day ceasefire has been agreed in the violence-stricken country

Flights are open to those with British passports with priority given to families and the elderly

‘In Khartoum there is fighting in the neighbourhoods where Western nationals are most heavily concentrated, and that makes it very difficult,’ says one defence official