British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Sunday the evacuation of British diplomatic staff and their families from Sudan, AFP and Agerpres reported.

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“The British Armed Forces have carried out a comprehensive and swift evacuation of British diplomats and their families from Sudan amid escalating violence and threats against embassy staff,” British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wrote on Twitter.

The United States evacuated its embassy from Khartoum by helicopter, followed by France on Sunday as fighting between the army and militias wreaked havoc in Sudan for more than a week.

US President Joe Biden said on Saturday night that the US military had begun an operation to evacuate US government personnel from Khartoum, adding that Washington had temporarily suspended its embassy as fighting continued in Sudan, Reuters reported.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the violence that broke out on April 15 in Khartoum and the Darfur region (in the west) has resulted in hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries. The clashes forced thousands of people to flee and led to the mobilization of several states to evacuate their citizens.

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