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UN pulling some staff out of Sudan after deadly crackdown

The United Nations has announced plans to move some of its staff out of Sudan, on the heels of the deadly crackdown on protesters in the capital Khartoum.

"We are temporarily relocating non-programme-critical UN staff, while all UN operations continue in Sudan," said UN spokesperson Eri Kaneko, as reported by AFP.