dismissed the possibility of negotiations with the paramilitary rsf. the violence is now thought to have killed at least 330 people with thousands more injured. many khartoum residents have been trapped inside their homes. dalia abdelmoniem ventured outside for the first time in almost a week ahead of the upcoming eid holiday. no one is celebrating. what these men have done to us, i don t think there s no words to describe if you know, the ramifications of what they ve done. i don t know how we as a people or as a country can recover. in light of the worsening situation, us officials say they are readying for a possible evacuation of staff from the american embassy in khartoum, moving more us troops to a base in nearby djibouti. bbc s barbara plett usher has more from washington. the pentagon says that it s deploying these extra troops and equipment in the region near sudan it doesn t say where. but according to reports they re being sent to the us base in djibouti, and
but according to reports they re being sent to the us base in djibouti, and that s where they will be put into position to be able to secure and facilitate any evacuation of us personnel if circumstances require, says the pentagon. now, the circumstances have become more and more alarming especially since monday, when a us embassy convoy came under attack in khartoum and the state department has now confirmed also, separately, that a us citizen has been killed in sudan hadn t given any more information about that but it has intensified efforts to try and figure out how to get its people out, saying that it s been too dangerous so far to do so, but checking into all of the options. the airport in khartoum is closed. so, if the americans were to attempt an air evacuation, they would have to find a secure land base somewhere in or near khartoum. the other options would be over land, so they could possibly drive their people to port sudan on the red sea, but that s a 12 hour