[Source: Reuters]All U.S. government personnel were evacuated from Washington’s embassy in Khartoum, as well as a small number of diplomatic personnel from other countries, U.S. officials said, as fighting rocks Sudan. The operation evacuated fewer than 100 people, the officials told reporters. A substantial number of local staff remain in Khartoum supporting the embassy, where Washington decided to suspend operations on Saturday due to the security risks, Bass said. U.S. forces spent just an hour on the ground in Sudan before taking off again, entering and exiting Sudan without being fired upon by the warring factions on the ground, the military said. Washington has worked to repair relations with Addis Ababa that were strained by a two-year war in the northern region of Ethiopia.

Source: Ethiopian News April 23, 2023 17:56 UTC