British Diplomats Evacuated From Sudan in ‘Complex and Rapid’ Operation, Sunak Says

Smoke fills the sky in Khartoum, Sudan, on April 21, 2023. Maheen S via AP

The British military has evacuated UK diplomats and their families from war-torn Sudan in a “complex and rapid” operation, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said.

Hundreds have died in a bloody conflict between the Sudanese army and a powerful paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces, which broke out eight days ago.