Last two Czechs stranded in Sudan evacuated

The last two Czech citizens stranded in war-torn Sudan have been successfully evacuated with the help of Turkey, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský said on Twitter. The two Czech men brought to safety were technicians who travelled to southern Sudan to service diesel engines at the Nyala power plant that the BM Services company from Hradec Králové delivered ten years ago. The work was to last two months and they were stranded in the country. Fighting between the army and rebels from the paramilitary Rapid Support Force broke out in mid-April and foreign governments quickly pulled their nationals from the country. Three Czechs were earlier evacuated with the help of Germany. The fighting has displaced nearly 1.4 million people from their homes.