Report from Sky News
Sunday 23 April 2023 03:07, UK - full copy:
US embassy staff evacuated from Sudan amid fierce fighting
US troops have carried out an evacuation of American embassy staff from Sudan's capital Khartoum as fighting rages for a ninth day, according to a senior White House official.
View original: https://news.sky.com/story/us-embassy-staff-evacuated-from-sudan-amid-fierce-fighting-12863980
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Reuters report also here.
Report from Haaretz.com
By Reuters [unverified]
Sunday 23 April 2023 03AM - full copy:
Sudan’s RSF says US diplomats, families evacuated via coordination with US forces
CAIRO, April 23 (Reuters) - Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said early on Sunday that a US forces mission consisting of six aircraft had evacuated US diplomats and their families from the country.
The operation was carried out through coordination with the RSF, it added.
(Reporting by Moaz-Alaziz and Mohamed Al Gebaly in Cairo; editing by Jonathan Oatis)
View original: https://www.msn.com/he-il/news/other/sudans-rsf-says-us-diplomats-families-evacuated-via-coordination-with-us-forces/ar-AA1acbfk
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Report from CBS News
Story by Sophia Barkoff
Saturday 22 April 2023 8:52 PM - excerpts:
U.S. government personnel evacuated from Sudan
The details of the mission and the exact number of people evacuated was unclear. The Sudanese paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) tweeted that the US military used six plained to conduct the evacuations early Sunday morning. It was unconfirmed if diplomats from other nations were included. [...]
A U.S. diplomatic convoy flying the American flag was fired upon Monday while security attempted to bring Americans back to the compound. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called it a “reckless” and “irresponsible” act, and said that forces aligned with RSF - a paramilitary group led by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo - had likely taken the shots. […]
Full story: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-government-personnel-in-sudan-to-be-evacuated-sources-say/ar-AA1acfUV
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Report from Aljazeera.com
Sunday 23 April 2023 - excerpt:
US diplomats, families evacuated from war-torn Sudan, RSF says
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces claims that it coordinated the evacuation with US forces on Sunday. [...]
A US official confirmed to the Associated Press that US forces safely left Sudanese airspace after airlifting the embassy personnel out of the capital, Khartoum.
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UPDATE:
SUNDAY 23 APRIL 2023 04:15 GMT UK
REPORT FROM THE BBC HAS UPDATED ITS REPORT TO SAY:
The US military has evacuated American diplomats and their families from Khartoum, President Joe Biden has said.
"Today, on my orders, the United States military conducted an operation to extract US government personnel from Khartoum," he said in a statement.
Earlier Sudan's paramilitary army Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said six aircraft were used in Sunday's early morning mission, and that it had co-ordinated the evacuation with the US.
President Biden has not given details.
It is not clear how many people were airlifted. Mr Biden's statement said "we are temporarily suspending operations at the US embassy in Sudan".
He also thanked Djibouti, Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia, saying they had been "critical to the success of our operation".
View original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-65363586
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