The situation is still tense in Sudan. Evacuations are on the rise. More than 1,000 Europeans left. Other nationals also try to flee but not all succeed.
For ten days now, fighting has been raging between the army and the paramilitaries in Sudan and particularly in the capital Khartoum. Ouméma has lived for days to the rhythm of the bombs. She hardly dares to leave her house. “I’m scared. This morning I moved and in the street, just in front of me, buildings were attacked. Three buildings collapsed. There were victims. Three people died. And they continue to shoot , morning, noon, evening. The Burkinabé student does not recognize Khartoum. Entire buildings are destroyed. The telephone network cuts regularly.
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Christian, a Cameroonian engineer, barricaded himself in his apartment. He describes a “very complex situation: we don’t sleep, we stay awake all night because there are attacks”.
“From the beginning, I installed a ‘safe zone’ in my living room, away from the windows. I arranged the sofas a little high, to make blockades at window level, in case of stray bullets.”
Christian, a Cameroonian engineerat franceinfo
The Cameroonian engineer has been calling embassies for days to leave the country. In vain. So, for the first time, he went out into the street. He is desperately looking for a bus ticket to reach Egypt. “We are trying to see how to get these buses. Apparently, all the buses we contact are already full and as time goes by, prices keep doubling.” From 50 to 500 dollars a ticket in a few days for a private bus without protection. “There is no military convoy, there is no protection. So we just leave it to God. It becomes very complicated”.
“There is no more food. Currently, I have about 12 liters of drinking water left and in terms of food, I have enough to last for a week at most.”
Grocery stores are empty, looted or out of stock. Oumema also counts what she has in the closet. These Sudanese friends have left the city, but she can count on solidarity. “There are people who tell us you are welcome here. We can welcome you in Mideini or in other towns. They want to help us”. In the meantime, the student spends her days locked up listening to the bombs hoping for a response from her embassy.