US says Khartoum still too unsafe to evacuate embassy

WASHINGTON, United States --- The US State Department said Friday that ongoing fighting between military factions in Sudan made it too risky to try to evacuate embassy personnel from Khartoum. The Pentagon has mobilized in the east Africa region to bring out US staff from the Sudan capital. However, "due to the uncertain security situation in Khartoum and the closure of the airport, it's currently not safe to undertake a US government coordinated evac," said State Department spokesman Vedant Patel. The State Department has sought to gather US staff in one location in the Sudan capital to better protect them from the fighting outside and prepare for an evacuation. How that wou...

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