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2023-04-23 Africa Horn
Foreign nationals evacuating from Red Sea port in Sudan as air strikes rock capital, Gen. Al-Burhan calls for peace negotiations
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Posted by Fred 2023-04-23 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1817 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Sudan 

1 White House has no immediate plans to evacuate Americans trapped in Sudan, will help 'to the extent possible'
Posted by Skidmark 2023-04-23 08:00||   2023-04-23 08:00|| Front Page Top

2 Some will likely be contracted support elements and perhaps their families.
Posted by Skidmark 2023-04-23 08:54||   2023-04-23 08:54|| Front Page Top

3 Rishi Sunak says UK armed forces have carried out 'a complex and rapid evacuation' of British diplomats and their families from Sudan following threats to embassy staff and a 'significant escalation in violence'
Posted by Skidmark 2023-04-23 08:54||   2023-04-23 08:54|| Front Page Top

4 16,000 Americans remain?
Posted by Frank G 2023-04-23 09:24||   2023-04-23 09:24|| Front Page Top

5 I suspect many, perhaps most, of the Americans left in Sudan are NGO officials and workers.

For two years Sudan has been in a 'DO NOT GO THERE' alert by the Dept of State but NGO types frequently think their good intentions will protect them.
Posted by lord garth 2023-04-23 12:27||   2023-04-23 12:27|| Front Page Top

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