Fighters from a paramilitary group and allied Arab militias massacred more than one thousand civilians in an attack on a town last week in Sudan&#8217;s West Darfur region.
Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its allied militias attacked Ardamata, a camp for displaced people, after they attacked a nearby military base.
Over the course of several days, more than one thousand civilians were killed. Some estimates have put the number killed at greater than 2,000.
The fighting comes after a civil war erupted in the country in April between the RSF and Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). The two groups were aligned in the past until &#8220;its outgrown influence and the ambitions of its leader, Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan, put the two sides in direct confrontation,&#8221; The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/world/africa/paramilitary-rsf-explainer.html">reported</a>. The war erupted after Hamdan and SAF military chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan removed a transitional government in 2021 with a military coup.
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The RSF <a href="https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1712">engages</a> in &#8220;the massacre of civilians, ethnic killings, and use of sexual violence,&#8221; according to the U.S. Treasury Department.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/eu-condemns-darfur-violence-warns-another-genocide-2023-11-12/">said</a> in a statement, &#8220;These latest atrocities are seemingly part of a wider ethnic cleansing campaign conducted by the RSF with the aim to eradicate the non-Arab Masalit community from West Darfur, and comes on top of the first wave of large violence in June.&#8221;
The EU said that there were &#8220;credible eyewitness reports (that) more than a thousand members of the Masalit community were killed in Ardamta, West Darfur, in just over two days, during major attacks carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its affiliated militias.&#8221;
Among the atrocities being committed were reports that young girls were being raped in front of their mothers, according to the <a href="https://www.barrons.com/news/eu-appalled-by-reports-1-000-killed-in-darfur-3b306234">AFP</a>.
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1,000+ Civilians Killed In Sudan By Militia Groups

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Regional sources are reporting that the rival factions in an ongoing power struggle in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sudan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sudan</a> have come to a tentative agreement that could serve as a framework for a proper peace agreement.
The Sudanese military and a paramilitary organization known as the Rapid Support Forces have been negotiating in Jeddah,  a major port city in Saudi Arabia, since Saturday. The violence erupted on April 15 after a failed attempt to integrate the RSF into the command structure of the regular army — each force is led by a rival general and over 100,000 strong, and the groups had been sharing power since a 2019 coup deposed the previous Islamist government.
“The Jeddah Declaration affirmed that the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces would refrain from any attack that would cause civilian harm,” Saudi based news outlet <a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2023/05/12/Warring-Sudanese-military-factions-sign-preliminary-agreement-of-principles-in-Jeddah" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Al-Arabiya</a> reported on Thursday. “They also agreed that the interests of the Sudanese people are a priority for them, and that the Sudanese army and Rapid Support Forces would take all precautions to spare civilians any harm.”
The conflict has killed <a href="https://apnews.com/article/sudan-death-toll-un-fighting-khartoum-de76a27db2d1f871430142d172829f6f" target="_blank" rel="noopener">at least</a> 604 people and wounded over 5,100 others, according to the World Health Organization. Another 500,000 have reportedly been displaced. Much of the violence was concentrated in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, where RSF forces fought to seize control of military positions and vital infrastructure, catching many civilians in the crossfire.
The U.S. military <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-diplomats-evacuated-from-sudan-as-conflict-intensifies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">evacuated</a> diplomatic personnel from the American embassy in Khartoum on April 22, although official efforts to evacuate civilians were slower and incomplete — as of May 4, the U.S. had evacuated 1300 citizens, although the State Department estimated that as many as 16,000 U.S. citizens may have been in the country. Citizens are not required to notify the State Department when they enter or exit the country, making precise estimates of the American presence in Sudan difficult.
<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-24/japan-evacuates-45-people-from-sudan-closes-embassy#xj4y7vzkg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Japan</a>, Canada, Britain, Germany, Italy, France, Egypt, and Sweden also took efforts to <a href="https://www.voanews.com/a/countries-evacuate-diplomats-citizens-out-of-sudan/7063323.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">evacuate</a> civilians and diplomatic personnel soon after the fighting began. The UN Food Programme also suspended operations in the country after three of their employees had been killed in the fighting. The UN reports that roughly ⅓ of Sudan’s population of 46 million face “acute food insecurity.”
The agreement comes in the wake of several false starts and failed ceasefires — early on in the conflict, the warring parties had agreed to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/us/politics/sudan-generals-peace-talks.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">several ceasefires</a> to allow civilians to evacuate contested areas and to create corridors for humanitarian aid to pass through, but those agreements fell apart <a href="https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20230426_N03/#:~:text=The%20Sudanese%20armed%20forces%20and,flared%20up%20again%20within%20hours." target="_blank" rel="noopener">within hours</a>.
“Both the army and the Rapid Support Forces had put forward some demands and conditions, but the mediation postponed them to limiting the agreement to a cease-fire and the opening of safe passages for the delivery of humanitarian aid,” Al-Arabiya <a href="https://www.alarabiya.net/arab-and-world/2023/05/12/%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%82-%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A6-%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%B9%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
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The negotiations were brokered by the American State Department and the Saudi Foreign Ministry. The violent power struggle drew early condemnation from the United Nations and the Arab League, of which Sudan is a member, and international observers expressed concern that the outbreak of civil war could destabilize the entire region and draw other nations such as Egypt and Ethiopia into the conflict.

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Warring Sudanese Factions Make Breakthrough In Peace Negotiations

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The United States reportedly deployed a Navy ship to Sudan to evacuate hundreds of American citizens stranded after two warring military groups began struggling for power earlier this month.
According to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/sudan-politics-usa-military-idAFL1N36X07H">Reuters</a>, two anonymous U.S. officials said on Sunday the Navy temporarily stationed the USNS Brunswick in Port Sudan, likely meant to evacuate U.S. citizens on the vessel.
The report comes after the Biden administration announced that buses carrying several hundred American citizens reached Port Sudan as drones overhead kept a watchful eye against any malignant actors. U.S. officials have reportedly been working with Saudi Arabia to send a ship to the port to rescue the Americans.
NBC <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/armed-us-drones-escort-evacuation-american-citizens-war-torn-sudan-rcna82130">reported</a> a Pentagon spokesperson said, “The Department of Defense deployed U.S. intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance assets to support air and land evacuation routes, which Americans are using.”
Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said, according to the news outlet, that the U.S. was “moving naval assets within the region to provide any necessary support along the coast,” adding that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had “approved a request for assistance from the Department of State to support the safe departure.”
Matthew Miller, a State Department spokesperson, said Saturday that “intensive negotiations” by the U.S. with the support of “regional and international partners” reportedly allowed citizens and non-citizens alike to evacuate the African country under heavy conflict since April 15.
Hundreds of paramilitary forces and citizens, including two U.S. nationals, were killed or injured in a series of airstrikes in Khartoum last week as the Sudanese army bombed positions held by the country’s RSF paramilitary group in a power struggle that some international observers fear could ignite a full-blown civil war.
World Health officials <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/who-warns-huge-biological-risk-threatens-public-health-after-sudan-fighters-occupy-lab-carrying-deadly-diseases">reported</a> last week that the Sudanese health ministry had tallied at least 459 deaths and over 4,000 others injured. Five deaths included aid workers from two United Nations agencies: the International Organization for Migration and the World Food Programme. Both groups have since suspended their operations.
The U.S. evacuated its embassy staff but previously told thousands of other Americans that they were on their own if they wanted to flee the fighting. The White House could not explain why other nations sent planes to Sudan’s capital to evacuate their citizens this week.
The Biden administration defended the State Department’s decision to evacuate embassy personnel from Sudan while taking limited steps to aid thousands of Americans thought to still be in the country.
The U.S. Department of State has estimated that 16,000 Americans remain in Sudan. However, officials could not confirm the count because Americans living or traveling abroad are not required to check in with or otherwise make their plans known to the U.S. government.
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State Department Spokesperson Vedant Patel told <a class="c-link" href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/sudan-conflict-american-citizens-evacuated-military-battles-rcna82084" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-stringify-link="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/sudan-conflict-american-citizens-evacuated-military-battles-rcna82084" data-sk="tooltip_parent">NBC</a> that a fraction of about 5,000 citizens requested aid to depart Sudan, either by land, sea or aircraft.&#8221;
Blinken said that many Americans in Sudan are dual citizens who do not want to leave the country despite its deteriorating conditions.
“The overwhelming majority of American citizens in Sudan are dual nationals who made their lives there, who have been living there for years, d'[ecades, for generations, and many want to continue to do that,” he said. “But for those who are seeking to leave, we will continue to engage directly with them to see what we can do to help them, and, like I said, with allies and partners as well to help facilitate their departure.”
Tim Meads contributed to this report.

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US Navy Deploys Vessel To Help Evacuate Americans In Sudan: Report

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President Joe Biden and his team have finally started evacuating non-government official Americans out of war-torn Sudan — <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/utterly-useless-biden-abandons-thousands-of-americans-in-war-torn-sudan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">days after the rest of the civilized world</a> began doing so.
On Saturday, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/sudan-americans-biden-white-house-evacuation-993ef30bf43320023dc7d8d5ee202bcf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that buses carrying several hundred American citizens finally reached Port Sudan as drones overhead kept a watchful eye against any malign actors. Now, those Americans have to find their way out of the country on ships departing for peaceful land, but the U.S. government is reportedly working with Saudi Arabia to send a ship to the port to rescue the Americans.
Sudan has been under heavy conflict since April 15. Two Americans have died. The U.S. was able to evacuate its embassy staff, but told thousands of other Americans that they were on their own if they wanted to flee the fighting. Incredulously, the White House could not explain this week why other nations were able to send planes to Sudan&#8217;s capital to evacuate their citizens, but the U.S. was caught flatfooted.
On Thursday, a reporter pressed White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre for any kind of answer that could explain the disparity between America&#8217;s response and the rest of the free world.
“Given the President’s direction and what you’re saying right now, a number of other countries have evacuated citizens over the course of the last several days and taken advantage of the ceasefire the U.S. helped put into place,” a reporter <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2023/04/27/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-28/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> during the daily press briefing. “The U.S. still has not. What is different about your risk assessment right now or security assessment than what other countries are looking at as they’ve gone in and gotten their people out?”
KJP chalked it up to intelligence briefings that weren&#8217;t available to the public.
“And we have been clear on what the President — laying out, which is what I did — laying out, at the President’s direction, what we have done, how we move forward, how we worked with allies and partners to get Americans out,” Jean-Pierre said. “And we’ve been pretty clear about this for the past several months, for the past year, what — the situation in Sudan. And so, we’re going to continue to have those conversations.”
She added, “I’m certainly not going to get into any — any intelligence or how that’s come about or how we come to certain — certain kind of intelligence, surveillance, or reconnaissance.”
It is unclear how the intelligence changed so much within 48 hours that the State Department decided they could send some assistance to the U.S. citizens stranded there. From an outsider&#8217;s perspective, it seems more likely that media pressure forced the Biden administration&#8217;s hand.
Better later than never, but with thousands more to go, how is this worth celebrating? It is another sign of the incompetence and &#8220;Johnny Come Lately&#8221; decision-making of the Biden administration.
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Biden Finally Begins Evacuating Americans Out Of Sudan Days After Everybody Else

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The United States of America has abandoned thousands of Americans in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sudan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sudan</a>, despite other countries being able to evacuate their own citizens from the war-torn country this week. Why is that? The White House hasn&#8217;t really offered to explain, other than to say that the intelligence suggested it was too dangerous.
During a U.S.-negotiated 72-hour ceasefire in Sudan, countries such as France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain, Holland, and more have been able to facilitate travel for their nationals in the country. U.S. diplomatic staff were safely rescued, but for some reason, U.S. intelligence said it was too dangerous to try and evacuate any non-government Americans, of which there are an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-says-total-number-of-americans-left-in-sudan-unknown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">estimated</a> 16,000 men, women, and children.
When pressed on why the most powerful country in the world couldn&#8217;t evacuate more people, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre did not really answer on Thursday.
&#8220;Given the President’s direction and what you’re saying right now, a number of other countries have evacuated citizens over the course of the last several days and taken advantage of the ceasefire the U.S. helped put into place,&#8221; a reporter <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2023/04/27/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-28/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> during the daily press briefing. &#8220;The U.S. still has not. What is different about your risk assessment right now or security assessment than what other countries are looking at as they’ve gone in and gotten their people out?&#8221;
It&#8217;s a good question, but Jean-Pierre evaded it by suggesting that a direct answer would implicate foreign intelligence operations and security.
&#8220;And we have been clear on what the President — laying out, which is what I did — laying out, at the President’s direction, what we have done, how we move forward, how we worked with allies and partners to get Americans out,&#8221; Jean-Pierre said. “And we’ve been pretty clear about this for the past several months, for the past year, what — the situation in Sudan. And so, we’re going to continue to have those conversations.&#8221;
She added, &#8220;I’m certainly not going to get into any — any intelligence or how that’s come about or how we come to certain — certain kind of intelligence, surveillance, or reconnaissance.&#8221;
The reporter appeared annoyed by her hesitation to answer.
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&#8220;The security alerts from the State Department over the course of the last year never told people to leave,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They told people never to travel there.&#8221;
&#8220;Yeah, that’s true,&#8221; Jean-Pierre replied.
&#8220;Clearly, there’s something that’s being seen,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I’m not asking for intelligence. I’m just saying, can you explain the process here, given the President’s directive to help?&#8221;
Not surprisingly, she could not explain other than to say the State Department was providing assistance.
But according to several Americans who have family members in Sudan trying to flee, the State has been mediocre.
“To be honest with you, the State Department was useless, utterly useless throughout this entire period,” one man whose parents were trying to escape Sudan <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/26/politics/americans-sudan-us-government/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> to CNN.
“We expected the Department to provide some kind of guidance, but the guidance was the template, just shelter in place, no critical information being provided,” he added.
Others concurred with that assessment.
“I am incredibly shocked and disgusted by the American lackluster response to the health and safety of their citizens,” Muna Daoud, whose parents were stuck in Sudan, told the outlet.
The question remains, why was the U.S.&#8217; handling of this so dismal as smaller nations managed it with ease?
“It was quite perplexing because I don’t understand how other nations were able to secure buses and evacuate their citizens and devise plans to get hundreds of their citizens out, and we’re patting ourselves on the back for getting 70 diplomats out,” one individual said to CNN.
Well, the answer is that the Biden administration is incompetent and filled with unqualified individuals. This administration prioritizes equity over excellence. Their focus is not safety, nor is it looking after the American citizen. Their main goal is transforming the federal government — domestic and foreign policy-wise alike — into a vehicle to turn the country into a socialist nation based on race and other immutable characteristics.
Biden, as opined yesterday, isn&#8217;t really in charge, and his underlings focus on everything except their actual job duties. So, that&#8217;s why the U.S. has been so behind the eight-ball on this. That ineptitude is going to get people killed — two Americans have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wednesday-afternoon-update-second-american-killed-in-sudan-xi-and-zelensky-phone-call-debt-deal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">already</a> died in Sudan in recent weeks.
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‘Utterly Useless’: Biden Abandons Thousands Of Americans In War-Torn Sudan

'Utterly Useless': Biden Abandons Thousands Of Americans In War-Torn Sudan

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Tucker Carlson, Don Lemon Retain Same Lawyer
Ex-Fox News host Tucker Carlson and ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon both left their networks on Monday and according to various reports, have just hired the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tucker-carlson-and-don-lemon-hire-the-same-attorney-after-both-were-fired-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">same powerhouse lawyer</a>. While neither host has announced any official lawsuit, the litigator they’ve hired — Bryan Freedman — has a record of helping TV hosts secure millions from their old networks. Freedman’s other clientele include Vin Diesel, Quentin Tarantino, and Mariah Carey.
Biden 2024
President Biden made it <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-2024-strategy-lie-about-everything" target="_blank" rel="noopener">official</a> early Tuesday: He will run for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-makes-reelection-bid-official-at-age-80" target="_blank" rel="noopener">re-election in 2024</a>. He made the announcement in a video shot earlier this month at his Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, vacation home.
Biden has widely been expected to announce the bid, despite a rocky first term, approval ratings stuck in the low 40% range, and his age — he would be 82 at the start of a second term. Now, even some senior Democrats are warning that Biden’s age will be an issue in this election. Here’s Representative James Clyburn:
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Democrat Rep. Jim Clyburn says &quot;we cannot pretend&quot; Biden&#39;s age &quot;is not on people&#39;s minds,&quot; so Biden needs to &quot;show the energy that he&#39;s been showing over the past several months&#8230;&quot;
What &quot;energy&quot;? <a href="https://t.co/nELKUXC1jI">pic.twitter.com/nELKUXC1jI</a>
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White House Will Veto McCarthy&#8217;s Debt Limit Plan
The White House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-administration-says-president-will-veto-mccarthys-debt-limit-proposal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Tuesday that it &#8220;strongly opposes&#8221; the Limit, Save, Grow Act put forth by House Republicans, saying the president would veto it if it were to land on his desk. The plan — which was unveiled last week — represents the GOP&#8217;s opening bid to President Biden in negotiations over addressing the debt limit. The proposal seeks to rescind unspent COVID funds, and among other things, institute stricter work requirements for social programs. So far, the president has said he will not negotiate.
WHO Warning About Sudanese Biolabs
The World Health Organization is <a href="https://www.theblaze.com/news/who-sounds-the-alarm-after-sudanese-militants-seize-biolab-containing-deadly-viruses" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warning</a> that fighters in Sudan have taken control of a biolab full of dangerous virus samples. Nima Saeed Abid, the WHO’s representative in Sudan, told reporters Tuesday evening, “There is a huge biological risk associated with the occupation of the central public health lab.”
The WHO has not said whether the Sudanese Army or rebels are currently occupying the lab in question. Abid revealed that “the fighters kicked out all the technicians from the lab … which is completely under the control of one of the fighting parties as a military base,&#8221; saying that it is now “extremely, extremely dangerous.”
Currently, both sides in the conflict have agreed to a 72-hour truce that began Tuesday at midnight, orchestrated by Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Ukraine Counteroffensive Begins, Report Says
A <a href="https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/russia-ukraine-war-kherson/2023/04/23/id/1117196/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new report claims</a> that Ukraine’s long-anticipated counteroffensive against Russia has begun, though it’s not in full force yet. According to Newsmax, Ukrainian troops entered the Russian-occupied region of Kherson Sunday morning. Now, Ukrainians are in a holding position across the eastern side of the Dnieper River. Experts suspect that the goal of this massive movement of troops and weapons is to disrupt Russia&#8217;s control of the Crimean peninsula. It’s unclear when those troops will advance further.
Jury Selection In Trump Battery &amp; Defamation Case
Jury <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/25/politics/e-jean-carroll-trump-defamation-trial/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">selection began Tuesday</a> for a trial over E. Jean Carroll’s claim that Trump raped her nearly three decades ago in a department store dressing room. 
Carroll claims this happened in the early ’90s, while former President Trump has long denied it ever happened. Since this is a civil case, there is no threat of jail time for Trump, but it comes on the heels of a Manhattan indictment for alleged hush money payments to a porn star, as well as a potential indictment later this summer over election fraud claims. Last week, a judge denied Trump’s request to have Carroll&#8217;s civil case delayed.
Bud Light Sales Tank
And, Bud Light’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bud-light-sales-down-17-after-dylan-mulvaney-partnership" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sales have plummeted</a> since the beer brand’s marketing partnership with trans-identifying influencer Dylan Mulvaney.
Bud Light sales fell 17% in dollars and 21% in volume in the week that ended April 15, according to the latest sales data from NielsenIQ and Bump Williams Consulting. Insights Express, a beer-focused newsletter, called the numbers “staggering” and the situation “extremely difficult” for Anheuser Busch, the Bud Light brand, and AB distributors. On April 1, Mulvaney, who is male but identifies as a woman, posted a video to Instagram promoting the partnership with Bud Light. Since then, at least two high-ranking employees at the beer company have been placed on leave as Bud Light undergoes “internal changes.”
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Tuesday Afternoon Update: Latest On Tucker Carlson, Biden 2024, WHO Warns About Sudanese Biolab

Tuesday Afternoon Update: Latest On Tucker Carlson, Biden Running Again, WHO Warns About Sudanese Biolab

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World Health Organization officials warned Tuesday that an &#8220;extremely, extremely dangerous&#8221; situation threatens public health after fighters in conflict-ravaged Sudan occupied a central national laboratory carrying samples of deadly diseases, including polio and cholera.
&#8220;There is a huge biological risk associated with the occupation of the central public health lab&#8230; by one of the fighting parties,&#8221; Nima Saeed Abid, the WHO&#8217;s representative in Sudan, told reporters in Geneva, observed by <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12011135/WHO-warns-huge-biological-risk-Sudan-fighters-storm-national-laboratory.html">The Daily Mail</a>.
Hundreds of civilians and paramilitary forces were killed or injured in a series of airstrikes in Khartoum last week as the Sudanese army bombed positions held by the country&#8217;s RSF paramilitary group in a power struggle that some international observers fear could ignite a full-blown civil war.
Abid said fighters took over the Khartoum laboratory in the African country and &#8220;kicked out all the technicians from the lab&#8230; which is completely under the control of one of the fighting parties as a military base,&#8221; NBC <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sudan-virus-risk-world-health-organization-says-lab-occupied-disease-samples/">reported</a>. However, the health official did not specify which of the two warring factions gained control of the public health facility.
Abid sounded the alarm, noting that the lab carries a range of deadly diseases, including measles, polio, and cholera while warning chemical and bio-risk hazards also pose a high risk due to a lack of functioning generators.
The head of Khartoum&#8217;s national lab reportedly broke the news to Abid on Monday via phone call, one day before both military groups agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire following &#8220;intense&#8221; negotiations brokered by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
World Health officials reported on Tuesday that the Sudanese health ministry had tallied at least 459 deaths and over 4,000 others injured. Five deaths included aid workers from two United Nations agencies: the International Organization for Migration and the World Food Programme. Both groups have since suspended their operations.
&#8220;In areas where intense fighting has hampered our humanitarian operations, we have been forced to reduce our footprint,&#8221; Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the United Nations humanitarian office, said. &#8220;But we are committed to continue to deliver for the people of Sudan,&#8221; adding the team would lead humanitarian operations out of Port Sudan after transferring from Khartoum.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said it&#8217;s bracing for approximately 270,000 people to flee Sudan into neighboring countries after thousands have escaped.
The Biden administration defended the State Department&#8217;s decision this week to evacuate embassy personnel from Sudan while taking limited steps to aid thousands of Americans thought to still be in the country.
The U.S. Department of State has estimated that 16,000 Americans remain in Sudan. Still, the government does not have a firm count because Americans living or traveling abroad are not required to check in or make their plans known to the U.S. government.
Still, officials said they have refrained from launching broader evacuation efforts for Americans in Sudan because of the region&#8217;s instability.
Blinken said that many Americans currently in Sudan are dual citizens who do not want to leave the country despite its deteriorating conditions.
&#8220;The overwhelming majority of Americans citizens in Sudan are dual nationals who made their lives there, who have been living there for years, decades, for generations, and many want to continue to do that,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But for those who are seeking to leave, we will continue to engage directly with them to see what we can do to help them, and, like I said, with allies and partners as well to help facilitate their departure.&#8221;
Tim Pearce and Zach Jewell contributed to this report.

Ceasefire for 72 hours after clashes in Sudan

WHO Warns ‘Huge Biological Risk’ Threatens Public Health After Sudan Fighters Occupy Lab Carrying Deadly Diseases

WHO Warns 'Huge Biological Risk' Threatens Public Health After Sudan Fighters Occupy Lab Carrying Deadly Diseases

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden administration</a> is defending the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/state-department" target="_blank" rel="noopener">State Department</a>’s decision to evacuate embassy personnel from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sudan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sudan</a> while taking limited steps to aid thousands of Americans thought to still be in the country.
U.S. special forces evacuated the U.S. embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, on Saturday as the country edges toward civil war. Violence across the country is believed to have taken hundreds of lives and left thousands more wounded in a power struggle between Sudan’s two top military leaders.
The U.S. Department of State has estimated that 16,000 Americans remain in Sudan, but the government does not have a firm count because Americans living or traveling abroad are not required to check in with or otherwise make their plans known to the U.S. government.
“We never know with any precision how many Americans may be there at any given time because Americans are not required to register with the embassy, with the government either when they go, when they reside, or when they leave,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a Monday <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNxoacGbNYk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press conference</a>.
National security spokesman John Kirby echoed Blinken’s comments on network shows on Monday. “That number is an estimate. We don’t have great confidence in that number precisely,” Kirby <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1650509134276558852" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos.
The State Department has said it has refrained from launching broader evacuation efforts for Americans in Sudan because of the region’s instability.
Fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces, led by Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group, led by Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, has primarily been centered in Khartoum and has caused a breakdown in civil order in the city. Numerous businesses and other operations, including the city’s airport, have shuttered while soldiers, militias, and gangs control the streets.
Blinken said that the State Department is in touch with “dozens” of Americans in Sudan who have expressed interest in leaving the country.
“Even with the withdrawal of embassy personnel from Sudan, our efforts to provide services to American citizens who are there, consular services, other services, advice, continues, and we’re in regular communication with American citizens,” Blinken said. “We are looking to see how we can help them ensure their own safety. We have been working with allies and partners to do as much as we can to enable them to find their way out, if that’s what they choose to do.”
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Blinken said that many Americans currently in Sudan are dual citizens who do not want to leave the country despite its deteriorating conditions.
“The overwhelming majority of Americans citizens in Sudan are dual nationals who made their lives there, who have been living there for years, decades, for generations, and many want to continue to do that,” he said. “But for those who are seeking to leave, we will continue to engage directly with them to see what we can do to help them, and, like I said, with allies and partners as well to help facilitate their departure.”

Biden Admin Says Total Number Of Americans Left In Sudan Unknown

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American diplomats and their families have been evacuated from Sudan as fighting between rival factions has intensified.
<a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/sudan-army-okays-foreign-evacuation-khartoum-battle-rages-2023-04-22/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reuters</a> reports that the process involved half a dozen aircraft, and was “carried out in coordination with” the Rapid Support Forces. According to earlier reporting, 70 personnel were to be evacuated — though many Americans remain in Sudan.
“The State Department acknowledges that some records show 16,000 US citizens may be in Sudan, but officials consider those figures to be inflated,” <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-government-personnel-sudan-to-be-evacuated/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBS News</a> reports.
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New: Elements of the Navy’s SEAL Team Six and the Army’s 3rd Special Forces Group participated in the evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, sources tell me. <a href="https://t.co/yUc4dK0ZvW">https://t.co/yUc4dK0ZvW</a>
— Jim LaPorta (@JimLaPorta) <a href="https://twitter.com/JimLaPorta/status/1649956279161372673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2023</a></blockquote>
“Other foreign nationals began evacuating from a Red Sea port in Sudan on Saturday,” Reuters noted, adding that the urban warfare has made exiting the nation increasingly difficult, leaving many stranded in the capital city of Khartoum.
On Thursday, National Security spokesman John Kirby spoke at a White House <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2023/04/20/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-and-nsc-coordinator-for-strategic-communications-john-kirby-12/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press briefing</a>, during which he discussed the increasingly dangerous conditions in Sudan, specifically in Khartoum.
“The focus right now is on urging both sides to stop this violence, to abide by a ceasefire to allow humanitarian aid to get to people that are — that are — that need it,” Kirby said. “I mean, there’s already shortages of food; there’s concern over shortages of medicine and water. The situation is dire in Khartoum. And we continue to urge both sides now to stop this violence.”
Multiple other nations have either pulled citizens out of Sudan or are planning evacuations, including Saudi Arabia and Jordan. Evacuations are exceedingly challenging as both sides involved in the conflict have failed to observe ceasefire agreements reached in order to allow for safe passage.
CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sudan-crisis-2023-fighting-continues-ceasefire-calls-death-toll-over-400/#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> that over 400 people have been killed in the conflict since April 15.
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President Joe Biden released a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/04/22/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-the-situation-in-sudan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> regarding the operation to extricate the embassy personnel from Sudan, thanking service members, as well as the nations of Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Saudi Arabia for their apparent assistance.
The president went on to condemn the ongoing violence.
“We are temporarily suspending operations at the U.S. Embassy in Sudan, but our commitment to the Sudanese people and the future they want for themselves is unending,” the statement concluded.

U.S. Diplomats Evacuated From Sudan As Conflict Intensifies

U.S. Diplomats Evacuated From Sudan As Conflict Rages

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden administration</a> has authorized the military to prepare for a possible evacuation of the U.S. embassy in Khartoum, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chaos-in-khartoum-dozens-killed-in-airstrikes-as-civil-war-looms-in-sudan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sudan</a>, as rival factions ramp up fighting in the African country.
The Pentagon is moving troops and equipment to a naval base in the small country of Djibouti — around 1,000 miles southeast of Khartoum — to prepare for a rescue mission, according to two Biden administration officials, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/united-states-sudan-djibouti-evacuation-2773f4922611aeed462652f178745688">reported</a>. An American embassy convoy was attacked in the streets of Khartoum earlier this week, and embassy staff remains caught in the middle of a raging conflict that <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65325382">broke out</a> in the country’s capital last week.
“There’s no indication that either side is deliberately going after or trying to hurt or target Americans,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said. “But it’s obviously a dangerous situation.”
Over the weekend, hundreds of civilians and paramilitary forces were killed or injured in a series of airstrikes in Khartoum, as the Sudanese army bombed positions held by a rival military force in a power struggle that some international observers fear could ignite a full-blown civil war.
Deputy State Department spokesman Vedant Patel confirmed Thursday that all American embassy personnel were safe, but said that under the current conditions, it is not safe to attempt an evacuation, the AP reported. There are around 70 Americans at the embassy in Sudan’s capital. There are also an estimated 16,000 private U.S. citizens currently in the country, but the State Department said that number is likely inaccurate since it only includes Americans who registered with the embassy.
Thousands of people have already fled the capital city, and Japan and Tanzania have also said they are working on getting their embassy personnel out of Sudan. The Sudanese military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces agreed to a humanitarian ceasefire on Tuesday, but the agreement failed as fighting broke out within minutes of the supposed agreement, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65325382" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the BBC. Another ceasefire was agreed upon on Wednesday, but gunfire could still be heard throughout the city.
Mohammed Alamin, a journalist based in Khartoum, told the BBC, &#8220;It&#8217;s really horrible — these warring parties are firing randomly everywhere. I saw, myself, hundreds of people going outside Khartoum, rushing to travel to the neighboring states.&#8221;
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The Biden administration’s preparation to evacuate Americans from Sudan comes less than two years after its botched attempt to evacuate Americans and U.S. allies from Afghanistan. During the U.S. withdrawal from Kabul in August 2021, 13 U.S. service members and over 100 Afghans were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/13th-u-s-service-member-dies-in-afghanistan-now-deadliest-day-of-conflict-since-2011">killed</a> when a member of the Taliban detonated an explosive at the Kabul airport.
Michael Whittaker contributed to this report.

‘A Dangerous Situation’: U.S. Military Prepping To Evacuate Sudan Embassy As Fighting Rages On

U.S. Military Prepping To Evacuate Embassy As Fighting In Sudan Rages On

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This article is adapted from today’s Morning Wire Afternoon Update. To listen to the podcast version, click <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
Chicago Mayhem 
Chicago <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/leftist-chicago-mayor-elect-after-teenagers-violent-rampage-through-city-dont-demonize-them" target="_blank" rel="noopener">experienced</a> another chaotic weekend after hundreds of teenagers went on a violent rampage in a popular tourist area of the Windy City on Saturday night. During the riot, two minors were shot. 
Teens were seen jumping on cars, smashing windshields, attacking the people inside, and burning vehicles. One video shows a mob of teens swarming and violently beating a young woman who was attempting to enter a building. Footage also showed the teens trying to breach police barricades. 
Police were called to the area to usher tourists and residents to safety. Two teenage boys, aged 16 and 17, were shot and 15 individuals were arrested. The city’s mayor-elect issued a statement in which he said he did not “condone the destructive activity”  but added, “it is not constructive to demonize youth who have otherwise been starved of opportunities in their own communities.” 
Across Chicago, <a href="https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shootings-weekend-today-news/13141729/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">at least 35 individuals were shot</a> over the weekend with eight deaths. 
California Ordered To Pay More Than A Million In Covid Fines
A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/outrageous-california-church-ordered-to-pay-over-a-million-dollars-in-covid-fines" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California</a> church has been ordered to pay over $1 million in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/covid-19" target="_blank" rel="noopener">COVID</a> fines for failing to enforce the county&#8217;s social distancing and masking requirements. 
Superior Court Judge Evette Pennypacker ordered Calvary Chapel <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/san-jose" target="_blank" rel="noopener">San Jose</a> to pay $1.2 million in fines after it did not follow COVID restrictions put in place by Santa Clara County, requirements the church said violated their religious freedom. Pennypacker wrote that Calvary Chapel “repeatedly refused to model, much less, enforce this gesture.” The church will appeal the ruling, according to its attorneys.
California Super Bloom
The southern half of California is experiencing a rare “super bloom” following an unseasonably wet winter, which brought above-average precipitation to the Golden State. Now, millions of dormant seeds have blossomed in large patches from the Bay Area down to the Mexican border, that’s according to the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/wildflowers-california-superbloom-arizona-00498c2d4a0aeec35572be892f5a237a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Associated Press</a>. Tourists can see vibrant yellows, purples, blues, reds, and everything in between. In the past 40 years, just 10 Super Blooms have occurred in California. Experts say that the natural event will occur until May.
Sudanese Civil War?
Potentially more than 100  civilians and paramilitary forces <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chaos-in-khartoum-dozens-killed-in-airstrikes-as-civil-war-looms-in-sudan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">were killed or injured</a> over the weekend in a series of airstrikes in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, as the Sudanese army bombed positions held by a rival military force. International observers fear the conflict could ignite a full-blown civil war. 
Fighting is intensifying in Sudan for a third straight day between the army and Rapid Support Forces. The army allied with the paramilitary organization to overthrow longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir, following widespread popular protests against his regime in 2019. The two groups had shared power in the transitional government: General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan headed the provisional government’s Sovereign Council while RSF commander General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo acted as a deputy head. While reports about the precise number of casualties differ, one doctor’s group told <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/sudan-military-rivals-fight-power-killing-least-25-2023-04-16/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reuters</a> that at least 97 civilians had been killed and 365 had been injured since the fighting began. 
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Monday Afternoon Update: Chicago Mayhem, Cali Hits Church With Big Covid Fines, Sudanese Civil War

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Hundreds of civilians and paramilitary forces were killed or injured over the weekend in a series of airstrikes in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, as the Sudanese army bombed positions held by a rival military force in a power struggle that some international observers fear could ignite a full-blown civil war.
Fighting broke out in Sudan on Saturday between the army and Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary organization that had allied with the military to overthrow longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir following widespread popular protests against his regime in 2019. The two groups had shared power in the transitional government: General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan headed the provisional government’s Sovereign Council while RSF commander General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo acted as deputy head.
While reports about the precise number of casualties differ, one doctor’s group told <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/sudan-military-rivals-fight-power-killing-least-25-2023-04-16/">Reuters</a> that at least 97 civilians had been killed and 365 had been injured since the fighting began. 
Previous reports from The Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors claimed that at least 56 civilians were killed and 595 people (including combatants) were injured. The committee said &#8220;scores&#8221; of RSF fighters had been killed, although they did not provide precise data. 
<a href="https://www.emro.who.int/media/news/who-calls-for-protection-of-health-workers-and-patients-unrestricted-access-to-health-care-in-sudan.html">The World Health Organization</a> said 83 people were killed and 1,126 injured in the fighting since April 13, with most casualties occurring over the weekend.
The fighting has spread beyond the capital. The U.N. World Food Programme <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/world-food-programme-halts-operations-sudan-after-3-employees-killed-2023-04-16/">confirmed</a> that three of their Sudanese employees in Darfur were killed in the fighting and that they were halting all operations in the country. Roughly one-third of Sudan’s 46 million people are experiencing &#8220;acute food insecurity&#8221; and desperately need the aid, according to the <a href="https://www.wfp.org/countries/sudan">WFP</a>.
&#8220;While we review the evolving security situation, we are forced to temporarily halt all operations in Sudan,&#8221; WFP executive director Cindy McCain, the widow of former U.S. Senator John McCain, said in a statement. &#8220;WFP is committed to assisting the Sudanese people facing dire food insecurity, but we cannot do our lifesaving work if the safety and security of our teams and partners is not guaranteed.&#8221;
The fighting reportedly began after a disagreement over the integration of RSF forces into the regular armed forces as part of the planned transition to civilian rule. With the forces of the rival generals turning on one another, the prospects of the promised democratic government seem grim.
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“We feel powerless,” Omar Farook, a resident of Khartoum, who participated in the anti-government demonstrations in 2019, told <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/16/world/africa/sudan-civil-war-khartoum.html">the New York Times</a>. “Everyone is worried this will go the way of Yemen or Syria. The ghost of civil war is here.”
Sudan has been wracked by internal strife for most of its history as an independent nation. Religious and ethnic conflicts between Arabs and blacks, as well as the Muslim majority in the north and Christian and animist communities in the south, have erupted into large-scale violence numerous times. Atrocities committed against the people of the region of Darfur by al-Bashir’s regime drew widespread international condemnation. They led to al-Bashir’s indictment by the International Criminal Court on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. Two multidecade conflicts (1955-1972 and 1983-2005) with the people of South Sudan led Khartoum to cede that territory entirely &#8211; South Sudan was granted independence in 2011. 
However, the current conflict is unique in that it is centered in the capital and the nation’s heartland rather than occurring primarily in its periphery.
The conflagration also threatens Sudan’s rehabilitation on the world stage &#8211; the country was designated a <a href="https://www.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-sudan/">state sponsor of terror</a> by the United States in 1993 after an Islamist government under al-Bashir invited terror group Al-Qaeda into the country. Sudan remained Al Qaeda’s primary base of operations until 1996, when senior leadership relocated to Afghanistan.
Former President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-55300252">revoked</a> Sudan’s designation as a state sponsor of terror after al-Bashir was overthrown and the country <a href="https://apnews.com/article/politics-sudan-government-united-states-israel-bc4d614bfe02df18b32ee1cf9e6718da">normalized relations with Israel</a>. The transitional government helped negotiate a peace deal with rebels in Darfur in 2020. However, the outbreak of violence threatens to reignite conflicts across the nation and the region and to undo much of the progress of reintegrating Sudan into the international community.
The U.N. Security Council, which has been fiercely divided since one of its permanent members, Russia, launched its invasion of Ukraine last year, issued a statement condemning the violence. The Arab League, which counts Sudan among its members, called an emergency meeting on Sunday to “stop the bloodshed.”
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Despite this, propaganda from each of the rival generals has circulated across the country on the internet and television. Both claim to have the upper hand, and neither seems interested in negotiating.
At least 30 Egyptian soldiers and seven warplanes were seized by RSF forces at an airbase 125 miles north of Khartoum. Egypt said that the soldiers were in Sudan for a training exercise. A relative of General Handam told the New York Times that the soldiers were there to conduct air strikes on behalf of the Sudanese government. The dispute illustrates a crucial disparity between the rival armies &#8211; the regular army has access to air support while the RSF does not, but it also could drag Egypt into the war.

Clashes continue in Sudan

Chaos In Khartoum: Dozens Killed In Airstrikes As Civil War Looms In Sudan

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