In Sudan, a citizen of the United States was ki!!ed amid recent increases in violence in the nation’s capital and other locations.
“We can confirm the de@th of one U.S. citizen in Sudan,” a State Department spokesperson told Fox News. “We are in touch with the family and offer our deepest condolences to them on their loss. Out of respect for the family during this difficult time, we have nothing further to add.” The deceased American citizen did not work for the U.S. Embassy.
A tweet from olivia gazis’s Twitter account:
One American killed in Sudan.
Per State: “We can confirm the death of one U.S. citizen in Sudan. We are in touch with the family and offer our deepest condolences to them on their loss.
Out of respect for the family during this difficult time, we have nothing further to add.”
— Olivia Gazis (@Olivia_Gazis) April 20, 2023
The spokeswoman for the State Department continued, “We continue to remain in close contact with our Embassy in Khartoum and have full accountability of our personnel.”
Five million city dwellers and American servicemen have been caught in the crossfire as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army have been fighting for control of the nation.
With no indication of an extension, a 24-hour cease-fire that started on Wednesday expired Thursday evening, increasing the probability that the week-long bloodshed, which has already claimed hundreds of Sudanese lives, will continue.
As more hospitals were forced to close and others ran out of supplies, concerns about the nation’s healthcare system collapsing grew.
The brief ceasefire brought only a tiny amount of peace to some areas of the city, Khartoum. However, many locals used the opportunity to leave their homes where they had been stranded for days.
The truce’s failure highlighted the inability of the United States, the United Nations, the European Union, and other regional countries to pressure Sudan’s top generals to end their attempts to seize power.
Instead, RSF leader Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo and army head Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan each seem committed to defeating the other militarily.
The American military is getting ready to send more troops to Djibouti in case they are sent on a mission to evacuate staff from the American embassy in Kartoum.
“The Department of Defense, through U.S. Africa Command, is monitoring the situation in Sudan and conducting prudent planning for various contingencies. As part of this, we are deploying additional capabilities nearby in the region for contingency purposes related to securing and potentially facilitating the departure of U.S. Embassy personnel from Sudan, if circumstances require it,” Lt. Col. Phillip Ventura, a spokesperson for the Defense Department, said.
“As a matter of policy and security, we do not speculate on potential future operations,” he continued.
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