On Sept. 15, following an attack on the Embassy in Khartoum, the Department of State ordered the departure of nonemergency US government personnel from Sudan. It urges avoiding all travel to the Darfur region and the Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan states. The terrorist threat level throughout Sudan remains critical.
Violent flare-ups break out between armed militia groups and Sudanese military forces with little notice, particularly in the Darfur region, along the Chad/Sudan border and near the border with South Sudan. Toward the east, clashes occur with local tribes known to traffick weapons and humans. Also, Ethiopian gangs cross the border to rob people along the highway.
Elevated regional tensions have increased the risk of maritime attacks by extremists against vessels in the Gulf of Oman, the North Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Bab el Mandeb regions.
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