US Evacuates Sudan Embassy Amid Civil Unrest

The Washington Post reports:

The U.S. military completed the evacuation of all American embassy personnel and family members from Sudan early Sunday local time, President Biden said, as rival military factions battled for control of the country amid a sharp uptick in casualties in Africa’s third-largest nation.

“I am grateful for the unmatched skill of our service members who successfully brought them to safety,” Biden said in a statement that also thanked the governments of Djibouti, Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia for help.

The decision to evacuate all personnel and suspend embassy operations was made because of “serious and growing security risks” stemming from the fighting between Sudan’s military and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group, said Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Read the full article. Sudan, population 48 million, split from the now-South Sudan in 2011 after two decades of civil war.

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