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Biden confirms US embassy staff, families evacuated from Sudan

Smoke is seen in Khartoum, Sudan, on April 22, 2023. The fighting in the capital between the Sudanese Army and Rapid Support Forces resumed after an internationally brokered ceasefire failed [Marwan Ali/AP Photo]

United States embassy staff and their families have been evacuated by US forces from Sudan’s war-torn capital Khartoum, President Joe Biden said, as fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) entered a second week with hundreds killed and thousands injured.

“On my orders, the United States military conducted an operation to extract US Government personnel from Khartoum,” Biden said in a statement.

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