200 German Nationals Evacuated From South Sudan In an article published on the German Foreign Ministry website last Thursday, it said that at least 200 German nationals in South Sudan capital Juba have been evacuated following military clashes between the government forces and the armed Opposition forces led by 1st Vice President Dr. Riek Machar. 18 July 2016
By James Deng Dimo * WAU 18 July 2016 [Gurtong] *– The German air force since the violence erupted in the capital Juba, immediately began airlifting its citizens including 11 Netherlands nationals and closed off its embassy temporary in the newest nation. The website said that the evacuation consisted of four flights of about 50 people each from Juba to Entebbe in the Ugandan capital as the route. “There was street to street fighting directly in front of the homes of many employees and aid workers after four days of heavy fighting, which we had to witness up close; there remained no other option but to evacuate.” Johannes Lehne, the Country’s ambassador in Juba was quoted saying on the website. Since violence erupted in Juba, several diplomats including Japan, Sudan, United State of America, India and other countries have also evacuated their nationals. Other International organizations operating in the country also pulled out their staffs citing the situation in Juba was undetermined. - See more at: http://gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ID/19655/Default.aspx#sthash.6Xns7Phs.dpuf -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14orEMVXNp0tS8OwsMQKbQZDBY8535chG1oX4i88UD_uegA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
