Following severe earthquakes that left thousands dead, thousands injured, and many in critical condition, Sudan has dispatched a 40-person search and rescue team to Turkey to aid with relief efforts.
Early on Friday morning, a 40-person team from the Sudanese Ministry of Interior’s Police Force, including 7 medical personnel from the Civil Defense Forces, departed from Khartoum International Airport for Gaziantep Airport.
The team carrying 1000 blankets, 250 tents and food materials as well as a large number of search and rescue equipment will support search and rescue activities under the guidance of the authorities in Turkey. Earlier in the week, Algeria and Tunisia were amongst the first countries in Africa to send support.
More than 22,000 people are now known to have died after Monday’s earthquakes in southern Turkey and northern Syria.
For Syria, the situation on the ground has been described as “absolutely catastrophic” by Syria’s civil defence group, the White Helmets.