UPDATED. Other foreign nationals begin evacuating from a Red Sea port in Sudan on Saturday, April 22.
KHARTOUM, Sudan – The US military evacuated American government personnel from Khartoum, President Joe Biden said on Saturday, April 22, adding that Washington is suspending operations at its embassy there as fighting between Sudan’s rival commanders continued.
Just over 100 US special operations forces were involved in the evacuation, entering and exiting Sudan without being fired upon by the warring factions on the ground, US military officials said. Sudan’s sudden collapse into warfare dashed plans to restore civilian rule, brought an already impoverished country to the brink of humanitarian disaster and threatened a wider conflict that could draw in outside powers, four years after the overthrow of long-ruling autocrat Omar al-Bashir in a popular uprising.
One Bahri resident said there had been no water or electricity for a week and frequent air strikes. “We are waiting for the big fight. We are terrified of what’s coming,” she said, messaging later: “It’s started.”
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