Operation Sagittaire

[4] The operation started on 18 April with the stationing in Djibouti of three A400Ms, one C130H, a refueling A330 MRTT, 30 tonnes of equipment, vehicles, et 150 soldiers.

[13] On the night of 27–28 April, a C130 and two A400Ms left Djibouti with 32 soldiers to secure El Fasher Airport and evacuate around 100 non-governmental organization staff.

[16] On 23 April, the French embassy [fr] – Khartoum convoy came under fire, both warring parties blaming each other.

[3][13] On 25 April, French frigate Lorraine, during long-term Red Sea deployment before active service, as requested by France and the United Nations, took hundreds of UN employees and their families from Port Sudan to Saudi Arabia.

[21] Operation Sagittaire occurred in two phases: In total, strategically deployed forces[24] evacuated 1017 civilians from 84 countries (225 French).