The United States says government personnel and their families were evacuated from its embassy in Sudan's capital Khartoum on Sunday.
Pentagon and State Department officials say US military aircraft, including three transport helicopters, flew to Khartoum from Djibouti via Ethiopia for the operation.
They say fewer than 100 people were evacuated, including a small number of people of other nationalities.
US President Joe Biden released a statement thanking Djibouti, Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia for helping with the operation.
The Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group in Sudan, tweeted that it coordinated the evacuation with US forces. But a senior US State Department official rejected the claim.
The State Department says it has temporarily suspended operations at the US embassy in Khartoum. It says the move is due to the serious and growing security risks created by the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces.
It indicated that the US government has no immediate plans to evacuate US civilians from Sudan.
Pentagon and State Department officials say US military aircraft, including three transport helicopters, flew to Khartoum from Djibouti via Ethiopia for the operation.
They say fewer than 100 people were evacuated, including a small number of people of other nationalities.
US President Joe Biden released a statement thanking Djibouti, Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia for helping with the operation.
The Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group in Sudan, tweeted that it coordinated the evacuation with US forces. But a senior US State Department official rejected the claim.
The State Department says it has temporarily suspended operations at the US embassy in Khartoum. It says the move is due to the serious and growing security risks created by the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces.
It indicated that the US government has no immediate plans to evacuate US civilians from Sudan.
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The U.S. evacuated its embassy personnel and families in Khartoum, Sudan on Sunday, using military aircraft from Djibouti via Ethiopia. Fewer than 100 people were evacuated, including a small number of other nationalities. The State Department suspended operations at the embassy due to rising
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URL: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20230423_13/
Date: April 23, 2023
Created: 2023/04/23 18:58
Updated: 2025/12/09 04:44
Last Read: 2023/04/24 07:26