US prepares troops for possible evacuation of embassy staff from Sudan

The US is preparing to send a large number of additional troops to its base in Djibouti if factional violence continues, officials say

The US is preparing to send a large number of additional troops to its base in Djibouti in case of an eventual evacuation from Sudan, US officials said on Thursday, as fresh gunfire erupted and the latest of several ceasefires broke down.

Planning for the deployments to Camp Lemmonier in Djibouti got under way in earnest on Monday after a US embassy convoy was attacked in Khartoum.