The United States government has not yet made a decision about whether to evacuate US diplomatic personnel from Sudan, but preparations are continuing for a potential evacuation, multiple US officials said Friday.
Officials from the White House, State Department, and Defense Department stressed that they are closely monitoring the volatile situation in the country, where hundreds have been killed and injured since intense fighting between rival military factions broke out days ago. Humanitarian organizations have warned of massive consequences if the violence continues.
Such a pause in the violence could present an opportunity for the US to get its personnel out of the country. "We continue to coordinate with the State Department to make sure we have a common vision of what the situation is," US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said. Evacuating the diplomats would require the US to trust that the warring SAF and RSF commanders have good command and control of their soldiers on the ground, said Hudson, who is now at the Center for Strategic and International Studies .'Kabul casts a very long shadow over Khartoum'
The State Department does not keep official counts of US citizens in foreign countries and Americans are not required to register when they go abroad. Officials told staffers Wednesday that there could be an estimated 16,000 American citizens in Sudan, most of whom are dual nationals.
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