A German plane airlifted dozens of Canadians out of Sudan Monday and a Canadian C-17 transport plane in the region is on standby to help more escape the country as the conflict in the East African country escalates.
Global Affairs Canada has provided very little information on efforts to get Canadian citizens, or even its own staff, out of Sudan. But Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, at a photo-op with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Ottawa, provided a limited update Monday afternoon.
“I just heard earlier today that a German plane lifted off from Khartoum with one German citizen on it and 58