US forces understood to have taken personnel out of Khartoum as fighting continues between armed groups vying for power
The US military has evacuated US government personnel from Khartoum, according to Joe Biden, as fighting rocksIn a statement on Saturday night, the US president said he was receiving regular reports on work to assist Americans in Sudan and working with allies and partners on the effort.
Biden’s secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said: “We will continue to assist Americans in Sudan in planning for their own safety and provide regular updates to US citizens in the area.” Blinken reiterated calls for parties to the fighting to extend an Eid al-Fitr ceasefire into a sustainable cessation of hostilities.
The British government said it was “doing everything possible” to support nationals trapped in Sudan. Rishi Sunak, the prime minister, chaired a Cobra meeting on Saturday morning with the defence secretary, Ben Wallace, and theA UK government spokesperson said: “We recognise that the situation is extremely concerning for British nationals trapped by the fighting in Sudan.
Western countries were expected to send planes for their citizens from Djibouti, though the Sudanese army said airports in Khartoum and Darfur’s biggest city, Nyala, were problematic and it was not clear when that might be possible.
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