Two British doctors stranded in war-torn Sudan with their four kids after missing final evacuation flight
TWO NHS doctors and their four kids are among those desperately trying to flee war-torn Sudan.
Mustafa Abbas, 44, and wife Sarra Eljak, 38, missed Saturday night’s final evacuation flight from the Wadi Saeedna airstrip, fearing it was too dangerous to travel.
Emergency medicine consultant Mustafa holds an Irish passport, and British citizen Sarra, from Slough, Berks, is a trainee GP at Spire Thames Valley Hospital.
They flew to the African nation on April 3 to be with Sarra’s family in capital Khartoum at the end of Ramadan with kids Danya, 12, Menna, 11, Anne, seven, and six-month-old Mohammed.
The family have taken cover in Wad Madani, 136 miles from Khartoum.
Sarra said: “It’s extremely dangerous to reach the evacuation site and the area is still experiencing attacks.”
The Government yesterday announced an extra evacuation flight leaving today from Port Sudan – some 620 miles from where Mustafa and his family are.
Those hoping to board the plane, leaving today, must be at the British Evacuation Handling Centre at the port’s airport by 12pm local time.
So far, the Government has evacuated 2,122 people on 23 flights.