{"id":5932,"date":"2013-07-03T22:24:51","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T22:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/egypt-coup-us-evacuates-embassy-in-cairo\/"},"modified":"2013-07-03T22:24:51","modified_gmt":"2013-07-03T22:24:51","slug":"egypt-coup-us-evacuates-embassy-in-cairo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/egypt-coup-us-evacuates-embassy-in-cairo\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt Coup: US evacuates embassy in Cairo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The United States on Wednesday ordered the mandatory evacuation of its embassy in Cairo, just hours after the Egyptian military ousted president Mohamed Morsi.<\/p>\n

Asked if reports of the evacuation were true, a US official told AFP “yes.”<\/p>\n

A later travel advisory confirmed that “the Department of State ordered the departure of non-emergency US government personnel and family members from Egypt due to the ongoing political and social unrest.”<\/p>\n

The embassy in Egypt has occasionally been targeted by demonstrators and had already been closed on Wednesday as a precaution. Due to the July 4 Independence Day and the Arab world weekend, it was not due to reopen until Sunday at the earliest.<\/p>\n

The advisory warned that “political unrest … is likely to worsen in the near future.”<\/p>\n

The State Department advised all Americans “to defer travel to Egypt and US citizens living in Egypt to depart at this time because of the continuing political and social unrest. ”<\/p>\n

An American was killed on Friday in the northern port of Alexandria during a demonstration and “Westerners and US citizens have occasionally been caught in the middle of clashes and demonstrations,” the advisory warned.<\/p>\n

However the notice stressed that there were currently no plans for special charter flights or US-sponsored airlifts to evacuate Americans from the country.<\/p>\n

“If you wish to depart Egypt, you should make plans and depart as soon as possible. The airport is open and commercial flights are still operating, although cancellations may occur.”<\/p>\n

The US also warned women in particular about rising sexual violence in the country, saying they have often been the targets of sexual assault.<\/p>\n

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