US evacuating embassy staff in Sudan as fierce fighting rages on

United States troops are carrying out an evacuation of American embassy staffers in Sudan as fighting rages for a ninth day, according to a senior Biden administration official (Maheen S/AP)

United States troops are carrying out an evacuation of American embassy staffers in Sudan as fighting rages for a ninth day, according to a senior Biden administration official.

US troops that airlifted embassy staff out of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, have safely left Sudanese airspace, a second US official confirmed.