The Hamad family traveled to Sudan to celebrate Ramadan with relatives, but became trapped when fighting broke out.
What is Sudan fighting about? Some 500 people have died since conflict began between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces.The good news is that the Hamad family is now safely in Egypt, and will return to Chicago in the coming days.
"They arrived on Saturday at 1 a.m. Eight hours later, they woke up. The fighting had started," said Abubakr Hamad. Trapped in the middle is Sudan's war-torn civilian population, including 16,000 U.S citizens. A series of cease-fires have allowed people to escape from the capital city of Khartoum, including hundreds of Americans, who, on Friday, were evacuated by the U.S Embassy in a convoy of buses headed to the Red Sea.
"That trip normally takes 18 to 20 hours driving from Khartoum to Cairo. It took them four days and seven hours," Abubakr said.
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