(Adds embassy confirmation; previous DUBAI)

KHARTOUM, Jan 1 (Reuters) - A U.S. government aid official who was critically wounded in a shooting attack on his vehicle in Khartoum on Tuesday has died, a U.S. embassy official said.

"Unfortunately, he just died," a public diplomacy officer at the U.S. embassy in Khartoum told Reuters. The vehicle's Sudanese driver was also killed in the attack. (Writing by Cynthia Johnston; Editing by Charles Dick)

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