Amid violence in Sudan, Khartoum's airport is inaccessible and Canada's foreign affairs minister said Thursday that there are currently no means of evacuating Canadians from the country.
Abdelgadir Eltayeb and his family have no electricity, dwindling food and water, and haven't been able to venture far from the home in Khartoum where they took shelter after violence exploded in Sudan's capital this week.
The situation in Sudan's capital was generally stable a week ago but a skirmish over a planned transition to democratic rule last Saturday escalated into raging battles. Eltayeb said shells have fallen mere blocks from the relative's home where he is taking shelter. The Edmonton resident and his family had a return flight to Canada booked for May 9 but that was changed by the airline this week to May 16, he said.
Eltayeb, who came to Canada from Sudan in 1989, has registered with Global Affairs Canada but said he hasn't heard from officials on ways Canada can support him. Global Affairs Canada said it knows of 1,663 Canadians registered as being in Sudan and urged Canadians in the country who haven't submitted their details to the government to do so.
Zainab Doleeb, who was born in Sudan and moved to Canada as a child, said she's heard from extended family in Khartoum that civilians have been left to fend for themselves.
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