US, France evacuate embassy staff in embattled Sudan
Charlie Savage, Michael D. Shear, Elian Peltier and Declan Walsh
Washington | The United States military airlifted embassy officials out of Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, amid continuing violence as rival military leaders battled for control of Africa’s third-largest country, President Joe Biden said late on Saturday (Sunday AEST).
“Today, on my orders, the United States military conducted an operation to extract US government personnel from Khartoum,” Mr Biden said in a statement released by the White House.
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