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US agency sends in disaster response teams as western nations pull hundreds of diplomats and citizens out of strife-torn country
The US has warned of shortages of vital medicines, food and water in Sudan and deployed disaster response experts to the region, as efforts intensified to evacuate foreign diplomats and citizens from Khartoum.
On Sunday the UK successfully evacuated its diplomatic staff and dependents from Khartoum via a complex operation, while Germany and France said they had each evacuated more than 100 people. Italy, Spain and Canada also evacuated their citizens among others. The US evacuated diplomats, embassy workers and families on Saturday night.
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