Foreign governments are working on plans to evacuate their citizens, but the main airport in Khartoum is badly damaged and still caught in the crossfire between the two warring sides
are trapped in their homes, running out of water and medicine after five days of heavy battles, as Western governments failed to make progress in early attempts to evacuate their citizens.
A total of 1,535 Canadian citizens in Sudan are registered with the federal government, according to Global Affairs Canada, although the true number is believed to be higher since registration is voluntary. The Globe and Mail sent queries to Global Affairs Canada about the possibility of evacuation flights, but the department did not answer the question.
“Water taps have stopped in half of the city, and people are getting their water directly from the Nile,” she told The Globe, referring to Khartoum. “It depends on their luck whether they get the water or get killed in the journey.”
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