The U.S. is positioning more military capabilities near Sudan for a potential mission to evacuate its diplomats from the capital Khartoum as security there deteriorates.
The U.S. is deploying resources “for contingency purposes” to help get U.S. Embassy personnel out of the country, Lieutenant Colonel Phil Ventura, a Defense Department spokesman, said in a statement. Another U.S. official, who asked not to be identified discussing private deliberations, said the troops were being sent to a U.S. base in Djibouti.
The conflict between Sudan’s military and Rapid Support Forces that erupted at the weekend has engulfed the Khartoum and several other towns and rendered parts of the country a no-fly zone. U.S. Embassy staff are sheltering in place for now, and the administration is trying to get them together in one place, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said.
