Sudanese woman married to Indian man cries for help as conflict continues

Khartoum: As another international flight climbs skies carrying evacuees from Sundan, Baraah Abaker looks up the sky with a sigh, and says ‘they are the lucky ones’.

The 23-year-old Sudanese from capital Khartoum is among thousands trapped in the conflict-ridden country desperately calling for help, according to Independent UK .

Married to an Indian man Abdul Haseeb who has left for work in India in October last year, Baraah Abaker has to fend for herself and her 21-month-old son.

And she knows not how to take care of themselves just as the fighting between forces loyal to General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo continue spilling blood of thousands in the nation.

Abaker, a veterinary doctor in her final year at Bahri University, wanted to take her exams before returning to her husband in Hyderabad when things turned upside down with the conflict.

The person at the Indian Embassy whose help she sought for visa before the conflict broke out told her he had left for India, leaving her stranded in Sudan.

Earlier in March she went to Nyala hundred miles away to celebrate Ramadan with her two sisters and mother, according to the report.

However, she was not expecting she would get stuck on return at her maternal home after the nation plunged into chaos.

Her maternal home, sitting next to the local army office has been destroyed by bullets.

Now that the conflict is happening full on, Abaker hide under the beds with her son in her arms.

She is struggling with supplies as food is running thin, ‘hardly enough to go for a day or two’.

There is shortage of water, lack of electricity and network issues that stops her being in touch with her husband.

Meanwhile India has launched ‘Operation Kaveri’ to evacuate its nationals from Sudan, dispatching a warship and two airforce planes to Sudan.

Abaker’s husband is approaching authorities pleading for help to speed up paperwork for visa.

Haseeb alleges that no one from the Indian embassy answers his calls and no steps are taken to evacuate his family, according to the report.