| No current plans for a government-coordinated evacuation of an estimated 16,000 other Americans remaining in Sudan, calling the situation too dangerous |
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said late Saturday, calling for the end to "unconscionable" violence there as two rival leaders battled for power in the African country.
Biden thanked the US troops who carried out the mission to extract American staffers in Sudan.
With the last American embassy worker out, Washington shuttered the US mission in Khartoum indefinitely.
The US said it had no current plans for a government-coordinated evacuation of an estimated 16,000 other Americans remaining in Sudan, calling the situation too dangerous.
From regnum.ru
Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
Egypt and Germany began to evacuate their citizens from Sudan
A German air force plane evacuated 100 German citizens from Sudan, Bild newspaper reported.
The ship with passengers arrived in Jordan a few hours ago. Germany intends to continue the evacuation. In total, 350 Germans should be withdrawn from Sudan.
In addition, Egypt is also involved in the evacuation of citizens from Sudanese territory. According to the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the republic, the Egyptian side took 436 people out of the neighboring state.
As REGNUM reported , on April 15, an armed conflict broke out in Sudan between the Republican army and the Rapid Reaction Forces (Special Forces). On April 20, the RRF announced their readiness to partially open Sudanese airports in order to restore air traffic for the evacuation of foreigners from the republic.
On April 23, the head of the European Council, Charles Michel , wrote that the European Union began to evacuate EU citizens and diplomats from Sudan.
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Amid clashes, the Internet was almost completely turned off
Internet access is almost completely unavailable in Sudan amid clashes
The almost complete lack of Internet connectivity is observed against the backdrop of ongoing clashes in Sudan. This was announced on April 23 by the international Internet monitoring service NetBlocks in its telegram channel.
It is clarified that the network data received in real time shows the almost complete absence of Internet access in Sudan. The level of nationwide communication in the country is only 2% of the usual indicators.
The monitoring service notes that the collapse of the Internet connection occurred after the evacuation of foreign diplomats against the backdrop of hostilities between the regular army of Sudan and the rapid reaction forces (RRF) under the command of Mohammed Hamdan Daglo.
Earlier , REGNUM reported that the European Union began the evacuation of diplomats and citizens of its member countries from Khartoum.
The conflict between the Armed Forces of the Sudan and the RRF began at the end of last week, April 15, as a result of disagreements between their leaders. Sudan's health minister said the death toll from clashes in the country has risen to 600.
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Jordanian Air Force evacuates employees of international organizations from Khartoum
Employees of international organizations in Sudan will be evacuated from Khartoum by Jordanian Air Force aircraft. According to the Al Hadath TV channel, this was announced on April 23 by a representative of the command of the Kingdom's Armed Forces.
“Our aviation has taken on the mission of removing employees of international organizations from Sudan,” the message says.
Earlier, the Jordanian Foreign Ministry said that four military transport aircraft flew to Khartoum from the Marka airbase near Amman to evacuate 308 Jordanian nationals from Sudan. As the command of the Jordanian Armed Forces clarified, “the planes will take on board not only citizens of the kingdom and UN employees, but, if necessary, will take citizens of other nationalities out of Sudan. ”Their numbers will be announced later.
As REGNUM reported earlier, France began to promptly evacuate its citizens and embassy staff from the territory of Sudan, where fighting continues. Paris also intends to help the allied states in the issue of the evacuation of their citizens from the country.
In Sudan, since April 15, clashes have been going on between the country's army and the Rapid Reaction Forces (RRF) under the command of Muhammad. On April 21, the parties announced a truce in connection with the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.