Jennifer McLellan, 36, has lost contact with her loved ones on Islay as she hunkers down with her family near capital Khartoum amid a bitter conflict which has killed hundreds.
The family of a Scots mum trapped in Sudan with her kids have begged for help as fierce fighting rages on.
Jennifer’s uncle Donald Gillies, 59, told the Record: “We need someone to go and get them out. They need boots on the ground. They need humanitarian help. A growing list of countries have evacuated diplomats and citizens from Sudan’s capital with the US and UK announcing they had flown diplomats out of the country at the weekend, along with France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
The couple had two boys and two girls, aged between two and 15, and Jennifer got a job teaching English at a University. Top news stories today “The wee ones thought the guns going off were popping balloons. Jennifer will not move out the house with the kids now. Her husband, Mo, will be going out looking for food.
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