Terrified British pregnant woman stranded in war-torn Sudan ‘could give birth at any moment’

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Spanish and Dutch military planes evacuate civilians from Sudan, while Ms Elwasila said her family had heard nothing from the British authorities Speaking to The Independent from a family friend’s house in Wad Madani, Ms Elwasila said: “We are trapped in this war. She can’t tolerate everything that’s going on.” Ms Elwasila said she and her family – who are British-Sudanese dual nationals based in Manchester, one of whom is an NHS doctor – were forced to flee the house where they were staying in Khartoum after they were left without power and water for five days. “The city was packed with buses of people trying to leave.” open image in gallery Sudanese army soldiers sit atop a tank as they battle the country’s paramilitary in a power struggle that has caught millions of civilians in its crossfires The family initially escaped to Ms Eswasila’s grandmother’s house in the suburb of Riyad. open image in gallery The World Health Organisation said on Tuesday that at least 459 people have been killed in fighting in Sudan and 4,072 injured At the heart of the conflict are two generals: Sudanese army chief General Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan and RSF’s leader General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo who initially joined forces in a coup in 2021 just two years after the ouster of long-term autocrat Omar al-Bashir.