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The U.S. has extracted its diplomatic staff from Sudan, as security conditions in the country worsened late last week, but the evacuation left thousands of Americans behind.
In a security alert Tuesday, the State Department reiterated that “due to the uncertain security situation in Khartoum and closure of the airport, it is not currently safe to undertake a U.S. government-coordinated evacuation of private U.S. citizens.”
Instead, it advised the estimated 16,000 Americans believed to be in Sudan to remain sheltered in place.
While the U.S. says it’s too dangerous to get its citizens out, other countries are proceeding with evacuations of their nationals including France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain, Holland, Turkey, Japan, South Korea, Jordan, South Africa, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
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