Two US officials say a decision on a possible evacuation of the embassy is expected soon, but it is unclear if there will be a public announcement.
WASHINGTON, DC, USA – The US military is preparing options to evacuate the US Embassy in Sudan, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Friday, April 21, as the Biden administration weighed whether to pull personnel out of the country’s increasingly unstable capital.
Forces commanded by two previously allied leaders of Sudan’s ruling council began a violent power struggle last weekend. Hundreds have died so far and a nation reliant on food aid has been tipped into what the United Nations calls a humanitarian catastrophe. “We are simply pre-positioning some additional capabilities nearby in case that they’re needed,” Kirby told reporters.
“In this case, the civil war starts in the capital, fighting is exactly where the embassies are and where the airport is. It’s unusually difficult,” the diplomat said. Washington has said private American citizens in Sudan should have no expectation of a U.S. government-coordinated evacuation. State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said the United States was in touch with several hundred American citizens understood to be in Sudan.UN works to extract staff
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