The Americans evacuated their embassy from Khartoum. All American diplomats and their families have left Sudan. Evacuated by air. 3 CH-47 Chinook helicopters, took about 70 Americans to Camp Lemonnier base in Djibouti.
The decision was met with a wave of criticism from Sudanese civilian society. The Sudanese believe that after the evacuation of the embassy, the Americans will lose any interest in Sudan and leave the "ordinary Sudanese" to the ranks of 2 fighting generals – General Burhan and General Dagalo.
The method of evacuation of the embassy was besides met with criticism of any American commentators. The military evacuated only American diplomats and their families (together about 70 people). At the same time, there are inactive up to 16,000 American citizens in Sudan (data behind the US embassy). John Kirby, spokesperson for the U.S. National safety Council stated:
"American citizens in Sudan must take care of their own security... They should not anticipate coordinated evacuation by the American government."
John Kirby – U.S. National safety Council spokesmanOn Friday evening, General Dagalo and Burhan, who have been fighting for power for a week, reported that they agreed to a three-day ceasefire. specified a long period of suspension of battles is most likely the consequence of diplomatic force from another countries that wanted adequate time to evacuate their embassies from the battled Sudanese capital.
Already on Saturday morning, the Sauds reported that they had evacuated their embassy by land. Kingdom diplomats left Khartoum and went to Port Sudan, located on the Red Sea, where the Saudi Air Force took them.
The Americans chose, more risky, to evacuate by air. 3 CH-47 Chinook helicopters flew to Khartoum, which took Americans to Ethiopia, where helicopters replenished fuel and then flew to Djibouti. Americans could usage the evacuation by air, as the American embassy is located in east Khartoum, distant from the fighting epicentre.
Camp Lemonnier in DjiboutiIn a worse situation are diplomats of another Western diplomatic missions – the embassies of large Britain, France or China are located in the very centre of Khartoum, just a fewer blocks from the Shartoum airport, where from the beginning of the coup there have been the hardest fights between Gen. Dagalo and Burhan.
From the information that appears, the French are presently in the process of evacuating their diplomats. The evacuation of the British embassy is said to be a substance of time.
Following the course of the American evacuation, it is clear that Gen. Dagalo and Gen. Burhan worked very intensively in this area with the Americans. Fighting Sudanese generals wanted to avoid casualties on the American side. Both besides openly informed the social media about their assistance in the evacuation.
Both General Dagalo and General Burhan are trying to introduce themselves as defenders of “sudanic democracy”. Both of them seem to think that they inactive have the chance to gain American support for themselves – so far the White home has not spoken either on the Dagalo side or Burhan's side.
From the left: General Burhan and General DagaloThere is simply a hazard that the evacuation of Western diplomats from Khartoum will lead to an escalation of the situation. Representatives of Sudanese civilian society are afraid that, after the evacuation, Western countries will lose any interest in the battles taking place in Sudan and leave the "ordinary Sudanese" to 2 fighting generals. The deficiency of Western diplomats can besides make regional players feel bolder and begin arms supplies for Burhan and Dagalo (now unconfirmed information about Emirati supplies for Dagalo, which pass through Libya).
The script of the long civilian war seems more and more likely.
