Scandal: all countries evacuate Sudan, USA fails

Sudan continues to look into the abyss of a real civil war, while the battle for control of the capital Khartoum between two rival generals – which has now reached the threshold of two weeks of fighting – causes the number of victims to rise. Currently, dozens of countries have been trying for days to get their citizens out with the use of military transport aircraft, ships and cross-border land routes to Ethiopia and neighboring countries. Everyone is clearing out, but not the United States.

CNN released a surprisingly candid report on Friday voicing strong criticism of the Biden administration, writing: “As the crisis in Sudan continues to unfold, anger is growing among Americans who feel abandoned by the US government and left to navigate on their own. in a complicated and dangerous situation.

CNN also points out that many other countries are making significant evacuation efforts. As we explained later, a C-130 evacuation flight dispatched from Turkey even faced small arms fire as it landed outside the capital. The Chinese government said it had successfully evacuated at least 1,300 citizens, while state media confirmed that "land and sea" evacuations were underway.

"I am incredibly shocked and disgusted by America's poor response to the health and safety of its citizens," Muna Daoud, whose parents were forced to leave Port Sudan for Saudi Arabia, told CNN. And CNN continues: While a number of nations have evacuated their citizens, the US government has continued to say that conditions are not conducive to a civilian evacuation. All US government personnel were evacuated in a military operation this weekend. US officials said they were in "close communication" with American citizens and were "actively facilitating" their departure from Sudan.

However, CNN spoke to several people whose family members are among the "score" of Americans wanting to leave Sudan, and they said the State Department has been providing "barely assistance" since the deadly violence between the women broke out. Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) over a week ago.

Another American stranded in Sudan called the embassy and State Department "useless." “To be honest, the State Department has been useless, absolutely useless all this time,” a man named Imad said in an interview. “We expected the Department to provide some kind of guidance, but the guidance was the model, just shelter in place, with no critical information being provided.”

Two Americans have already lost their lives. CNN also reports that others are at risk of being hit in near-miss situations due to a lack of formal U.S. efforts to get citizens out safely: “The strength of our armed forces and resources are not being used to save our lives in war zones,” Daoud said.

When CNN spoke to Daoud, his 69-year-old father and 66-year-old mother – both US citizens – were making the "excruciating" nine-hour bus journey from Khartoum to Port Sudan. “They had to find a bus this morning after waiting outside by the side of the road,” Daoud said. Daoud said the bus was stopped three times by RSF soldiers "and at a checkpoint they held my father at gunpoint because they believed he was part of the Sudanese army."

meanwhile the Chinese laugh…

Where is he? https://t.co/m3jVxdhWPP pic.twitter.com/Vx7RCGJRJ6

— Hu Xijin 胡锡进 (@HuXijin_GT) April 28, 2023

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