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kdow/Getty Images(LONDON) Fighting in Sudan between forces loyal to two rival generals has triggered a mass exodus of foreigners, while locals struggle to escape. A number of countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Spain, the Netherlands, Japan, Italy, Germany, France and Canada airlifted and evacuated diplomats, embassy staff and others from Sudan s war-torn capital over the weekend. Both the U.S. and Canadian governments also announced temporary suspensions of operations at their embassies in Khartoum. An estimated 16,000 Americans most of whom are dual U.S.-Sudanese citizens remain in Sudan, according to John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council in the White House. "These are people that grew up in Sudan, work in Sudan, families are in Sudan and they want to stay in Sudan, so it s a number that is difficult to plan to specifically," Kirby told ABC News George Stephanopoulos in an interview

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