Washington CNN —President Joe Biden on Saturday said that US government personnel had been evacuated from Sudan. “Today, on my orders, the United States military conducted an operation to extract US government personnel from Khartoum,” Biden said in a statement. The operation was led by US Africa Command and conducted in close coordination with the State Department, said Lloyd Austin, the US secretary of defense. Fewer than 100 people were evacuated from the US Embassy, including “a small number of diplomatic professionals from other countries,” Bass said. Officials told staffers Wednesday that there could be an estimated 16,000 American citizens in Sudan, most of whom are dual nationals.

Source: Ethiopian News April 23, 2023 18:55 UTC