BREAKING: Around 400 American citizens were bussed out of Sudan's capital in the first U.S. effort to evacuate civilians.
More than 15 buses carrying around 400 U.S. citizens departed Khartoum on Friday as part of an organized effort to evacuate Americans from Sudan.
After the civilians arrive in Port Sudan, U.S. government officials will facilitate the evacuees' onward travel by boat to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Security around the convoy has been described as"tight" and passengers were instructed not to use their cell phones during the journey to Port Sudan, where they will be processed by American officials.
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