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Rabat – A second Royal Air Maroc (RAM) flight carrying 157 Moroccan nationals landed today at the Mohammed VI Airport in Casablanca from Sudan.
The flight is part of Morocco’s evacuation efforts, facilitating the return of Moroccans trapped in Sudan amid clashes and unrest.
The first flight landed in Morocco this morning in Casablanca, carrying 136, bringing the total number of Moroccan evacuees to 293.
On Monday, King Mohammed VI ordered the government to establish an air bridge to bring home Moroccans stranded in Sudan.
Following the royal instructions, the Moroccan embassy announced that Moroccans were safely transferred from Khartoum to the city of Port in Sudan, where flights were scheduled to fly them back to Morocco.
On Tuesday, the World Health Organization( WHO) warned of a “huge biological” risk after Sudanese fighters from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized the National Public Health Laboratory in Khartoum.
CNN quoted high ranking medical sources, who confirmed that the lab contains samples of diseases that had been reportedly taken over by RSF fighters.
The WHO representative in Sudan, Nima Saeed Abid described the situation as “extremely dangerous.”
“There is a huge biological risk associated with the occupation of the central public health lab in Khartoum by one of the fighting parties,” the WHo official added.
CNN also reported that gunfire was heard on Tuesday amid the US-Saudi brokered truce that “raised hopes of opening up escape routes for civilians desperate to flee.”
Clashes between the Sudanese military and the RSF broke out 11 days ago, claiming the lives of 459 people.
At least 4,072 people have been injured in the violent clashes, according to WHO figures.
