'We're being shelled to shreds': British-Sudanese lady trapped by lethal clashes in Khartoum tells of harrowing ordeal

A British-Sudanese lady has described her "harrowing" ordeal over the past seven days within the capital Khartoum throughout clashes which have resulted in a whole lot of deaths.

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Rozan Ahmed travelled to the nation to attend her cousin's funeral 9 days in the past.

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Sudan has been rocked by clashes between its military and the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary help drive. More than 400 folks have been killed and at the very least 3,500 injured within the violence thus far, in response to the United Nations.

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Khartoum has been hardest hit, with folks trapped of their properties.

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak chaired an emergency COBRA assembly on Saturday over the "extremely concerning" state of affairs, with plans to evacuate UK diplomats.

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Speaking from Khartoum on Saturday afternoon, Ms Ahmed instructed Sky News: "I have been hiding under my bed for the last six hours, the area where I stay has been shelled to shreds.

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"I've heard nothing however explosions and gunfire, and shelling screams for the previous six hours. Only now has it died down.

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"On top of that we have to deal with the fact that there are rogue soldiers walking around our streets, randomly raiding our homes, and then we don't have water."

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Ms Ahmed, who's often primarily based in London and Dubai, stated the state of affairs had been the identical for the final seven days straight.

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"This war started on Saturday 15 April, seven days later we are still here," she stated.

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"I am alive only by the grace of God and by the strength of my surrounding family members who thankfully are also still alive although saying that, we are all mentally devastated.

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"I and my relations are terrified to a degree the place we now have gone numb."

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Ms Ahmed stated that whereas she nonetheless has meals, her family would not have any extra water and electrical energy.

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"I personally haven't had running water for seven days: I ran out of drinking water two days ago."

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She additionally claimed that there had been no communications from the British Embassy about being evacuated from town.

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"I don't know why we have received no information as to our evacuation," Ms Ahmed stated.

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"As a British national, I haven't heard anything from the British Embassy. My only question is, if there is no plan to get me out, please tell me why.

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"If there are logistical points, if there are airspace issues, I must be conscious, I must be up to date as to why, seven days later, I'm [still] right here."

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She questioned whether the conflict taking place in an African nation in some way impacted on the perceived slowness of the British government to act to protect its nationals.

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"It is a disgrace, an actual disgrace, that I'm not Ukrainian.

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"It is a shame this isn't some Eurocentric country, because I imagine if this wasn't an African country, if I wasn't of African origin, my life would be treated with a little more worth and value and importance and priority," Ms Ahmed stated.

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"If there is no plan to get us to safety, again, let us know why."

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"This has been the most harrowing experience of my life and my only focus right now is to get to my mother, who is probably more pained than I am, and I need to understand why we are still here."

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Ms Ahmed made a plea for international intervention within the battle.

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"The world must exert pressure on an immediate ceasefire: these two factions must stop fighting in the midst of innocent civilians. This is our only plea.

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"These two factions should discover the grace in dialogue and cease killing us."

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Content Source: information.sky.com

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