Film protests: US orders Tunisia and Sudan withdrawal

The United States has ordered non-essential diplomatic personnel to leave Tunisia and Sudan.

In a statement, the State Department also urged US citizens in Tunisia to make their way out of the country.
The US embassies in the Tunisian and Sudanese capitals have both been attacked in the wave of anti-US protests in the Muslim world over an anti-Islam film made in the US.

Earlier, Sudan refused to allow the US to send Marines to protect its embassy.

On Friday, two people were killed when Tunisian protesters attacked the embassy in Tunis.

Three people were killed in Khartoum when the US mission there, along with the Germany and British embassies, were attacked.

The State Department said that it was warning US citizens against all travel to Tunisia, and that it had ordered "all non-emergency government personnel from Tunisia" following the attack.
"US citizens remaining in Tunisia should use extreme caution and avoid demonstrations," it said.

In Sudan, it said citizens should "avoid all travel to the Darfur region of Sudan, the Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan States" and to carefully considers risks in travelling to other areas.
At least seven people have been killed across the Middle East and north Africa since the protests over the film erupted on Tuesday. The US ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, and three other US officials died when the consulate building in Benghazi was attacked and set on fire.