UN and UK pulling non-essential staff and their families from Sudan

7 June 2019 07:50 BST

The United Nations and the British embassy have announced they are pulling non-essential staff and their families from Sudan.

The United States has warned its citizens to exercise "extreme caution" amid the ongoing uncertainty.

This is for international staff only. Source tells me while evacuation plans have been focus, Sudanese UN staff given no help and struggling to get water and food because of unsafe streets. They will not be evacuated.
— Kaamil Ahmed (@KaamilAhmed) June 6, 2019