Foreign nationals have been struggling to escape Sudan, cramming into crowded port terminals and begging strangers for a ride to an airport. The U.S. has evacuated its diplomats and their families, but about 16,000 other American citizens remain.
NAIROBI — Exhausted and terrified, Americans and other foreign nationals have been struggling to escape the fighting in Sudan, cramming into crowded port terminals, squeezing onto filthy buses and begging strangers for a ride to an airport in a desperate bid to reach safety.
“I just wanted to share how upset all Sudanese Americans felt when [the] embassy evacuated only their own staff,” Eltom said in a WhatsApp message. “When seeing other countries evacuating all citizens, I felt I am a second degree citizen and not a priority.”An American engineer said he had been searching fruitlessly for four days for a ride, after the tires of his car were shot out, in an effort to leave the country with his four U.S.
The situation in Sudan is not comparable to that in Afghanistan, when the United States pulled out in 2021 and American military forces helped evacuate U.S. citizens, he said. The U.S. government had airlifted out thousands of its civilians from the chaos of Afghanistan because Americans could become targets of the new Taliban government. But during other crises — for instance in Libya, Syria and Ukraine — U.S.
“What choice do I have? The fighting is getting nearer. It’s getting worse, not better. I don’t have relatives here who can take care of her. Everyone is trying to get to safety,” she said, breaking down in tears as explosions boomed in the background.A few Americans have made it onto flights run by European allies out of an airfield 13 miles north of Khartoum. The French, for instance, have taken at least 500 people of 41 nationalities.
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