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 Canadian, who is visiting relatives in Sudan with his wife and two children, says fighting between the country's army and its rival paramilitary force has unleashed chaos.
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Canada's embassy in Khartoum has temporarily suspended in-person operations. “We are actively monitoring the situation in Sudan and working with neighbouring countries, as well as with like-minded governments and the international community to co-ordinate the response to this crisis."
He has extended family who live outside the capital, where there is less fighting, but many roads and bridges leaving Khartoum are blocked and the risk of encountering violence on the way out is too great, he said. Hisham Idris, another Canadian visiting Khartoum, said he's trying to leave Sudan by crossing its land border into Egypt. He hoped to fly back to Canada from there.
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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