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UK accused of delaying German evacuation efforts from Sudan

British attempts to evacuate its embassy staff from Sudan at the weekend delayed efforts by other countries to rescue their own citizens, senior German political sources have told.

They allege that British forces landed in Sudan without the permission of the Sudanese army - as other European nations were hoping to airlift citizens to safety.

Germany, among others, had planned to use the airfield north of Khartoum from which subsequent evacuation operations have been conducted.

But, the sources say, the "unannounced British military presence" so angered the Sudanese army that they refused access to the facility.

The UK Ministry of Defence denied that it was responsible for any delay.

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