Situation in Sudan Has America Laying Plans To Evacuate Embassy Personnel

In all, some 19,000 Americans are caught in street battles between the national army and a militia known as the Rapid Support Forces. At least 330 people were killed in the fighting this week.

AP/Marwan Ali
Smoke over Khartoum, Sudan, April 19, 2023. AP/Marwan Ali

As a conflict between two Sudanese warlords intensifies, the Biden administration is sending Marines to nearby Djibouti in case Americans would need to be evacuated. Could America be doing more to avert a protracted war that could harm our interests?

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