The United States military has evacuated American diplomats and their families from Khartoum.
All the U.S. government personnel and a small number of diplomatic personnel from other countries were evacuated in the operation, which airlifted not fewer than 100 people.
Three Chinook helicopters landed near the U.S. embassy to collect them. Reports from Washington DC say the operation was “fast and clean.”
President Joe Biden, in a statement, said, “This tragic violence in Sudan has already cost the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians, it’s unconscionable, and it must stop.”
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U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken also in a statement said “all U.S. personnel and their dependents” have been safely evacuated and that the U.S. will continue to assist Americans in Sudan in planning for their own safety.
The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also announced it was beginning to evacuate its citizens and diplomatic staff from the country.
Meanwhile, Nigerian students in Khartoum, the Sudanese capital are appealing to the Federal Government to evacuate them as they live in fear following the raging war between the military and paramilitary forces.
In a video sighted by AIT.live, the students are calling on the Nigerian Government to come to their rescue as the situation in Khartoum is becoming unbearable with basic amenities no longer accessible.
Fierce violence erupted last week in Khartoum between two opposing security forces. The power struggle between Sudan’s regular army and a paramilitary force called the Rapid Support Forces, RSF has seen heavy bombardment in the capital city, with hundreds killed and thousands more injured.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
