Japan to send SDF planes to evacuate nationals from Sudan

Japan to send SDF planes to evacuate nationals from Sudan

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida, chief of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on April 20, 2023, after the government ordered the Air Self-Defense Force to dispatch aircraft to Djibouti in preparation for the evacuation of Japanese nationals from Sudan, where military clashes are intensifying.

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