Aircraft dispatched to Djibouti to collect Greeks

A C-27 transport aircraft of the Hellenic Air Force took off on Monday afternoon from Aswan Airport in Egypt to Djibouti to collect the Greeks who have been transferred there from war-torn Sudan.

The flight back to Greece is most likely to depart for Greece on Tuesday.

More than 100 Greeks, including Metropolitan Savvas of Nubia, remain trapped in different parts of Sudan, where bloody clashes between paramilitaries and the country's army have been raging since April 15.

According to reports, some are hiding in their homes and attempts to escape are being met with obstacles.

The metropolitan reportedly attempted to leave in a French caravan, but when he emerged from the building where he had taken refuge, gunfire erupted again, causing him to return to the safety of the building.

Simultaneous operations to evacuate foreign citizens from Sudan have...