TOP STORY: ‘Extremely, extremely dangerous’: Toronto resident shares story of evacuation from war-torn Sudan
On April 8, Ahmed, who is 36, and her 74-year-old mother, Salma Sarour, arrived in their homeland for what was supposed to be a four-week visit. It was their first time back in Sudan since the pandemic.
Luckily, they did have some food stocked up, however on Day Four the power went out. They also ran out of filtered water and had no choice but to drink somewhat unsanitary tap water, she said.“It was a big disaster, but we were one of the lucky ones. We didn’t have electricity, but we had running water.”
“We had basically half an hour to pack everything up,” said Ahmed, who was one of nine women, including four seniors, who fled. Of the group, five were foreigners: Ahmed, her mother and an aunt are Canadians, while one cousin is a French citizen and another is a Swiss national. “We had just 10 minutes to repack. It was a big mess. We left most of our stuff behind,” she said, adding they carried just one bag for the three of them.
Ahmed, her mother, and her 84-year-old aunt arrived back in Canada on April 27, 12 days after the conflict broke out. Her two cousins have also made it back to their respective countries, while the four other women are now in a safer part of Sudan. Instead, the department pointed to two statements it recently issued about the “very dangerous” situation in Sudan and what is being done to assist people in evacuating the country.
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