🇸🇩 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 "The Pentagon is deploying conventional forces (likely 82nd or 173rd) to Djibouti in anticipation of a potential mission to evacuate U.S Embassy personnel in Khartoum, allegedly JSOC units are already on the ground.

Col. Phil Ventura, a Pentagon spokesman, said in a statement. “we are deploying additional capabilities nearby in the region for contingency purposes related to securing and potentially facilitating the departure of U.S. Embassy personnel from Sudan, if circumstances require it,” he stated.

Second photo shows 15 C-17A’s flying to and from Djibouti in the last 48 hours.

The United Kingdom is also allegedly deploying Royal Marines but I’m also hearing The 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment (3 PARA) as well as UKSF elements.

Dutch and German forces are also being forward deployed."

📎 ConflictObserver

🇺🇸 🇵🇭 U.S. Army HIMARS are loaded onto USAV Calaboza (LCU-2009) and USAV Fort McHenry (LCU-2020) during Balikatan 2023. These HIMARS will likely go to Batanes, as an activity involving the delivery of HIMARS via landing craft is planned. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kyle Chan)

📎 Aaron-Matthew Lariosa

🌍 🇸🇩 🇷🇺 "Over the past decade, PMC Wagner has expanded its influence in Middle Eastern and African countries by filling power vacuums left by European nations and exploiting natural resources such as gold and precious stones.

"Wagner" has been generating revenue from illegal mining and selling of gold and precious stones in the CAR, with an estimated annual income of around one billion dollars, according to Politico. The company began exploiting gold in the CAR in 2018 with around 2,000 mercenaries

Given the evolving situation in Sudan, it is crucial to keep in mind that PMC Wagner has a vested interest in securing gold mines there and maintains connections with the RSF.

The designation of the "Wagner" as a transnational criminal organization by the US and Lithuania is a step that could lead to its international recognition as a criminal organization. Cooperation with Wagner will result in political and economic costs for participants"

📎 Tatarigami_UA