The US, which had none of its officials on the ground for the evacuation, has been criticized by families of trapped Americans in Sudan for initially ruling out any Washington-run evacuation for those among an estimated 16,000 Americans in Sudan who wish to leave
If ever a country was certain to foil American efforts to spread democracy, it was Sudan. The sub-Saharan nation has long stood out as a sinkhole even in a region not known, to put it mildly, for nurturing democracy.
Sudan, which the U.S. removed from its State Sponsors of Terrorism shortly after signing the Abraham Accords, has broken out into civil war. Thus, for the fourth time in his presidency, Joe Biden has had to evacuate an embassy in an ostensibly allied nation. And in what has become a sadly common occurrence, U.S. efforts to rescue American citizens are resulting in global embarrassment.
U.S. officials are in contact with "hundreds" of Americans who remain in Sudan amid a worsening conflict between the country s military and a rival paramilitary group.