‘No law and order’: Calgary man who lived in Sudan worries for friends in Khartoum | 24CA News
Jose Tenga has labored in battle zones in 5 African international locations and now calls Calgary residence, however nonetheless has associates in Sudan from when he lived in Khartoum.
“It’s very distressing. These guys are worried about the way the fighting has spread throughout the city. You cannot say there is a safe zone. The fighting has spread to the extent that it’s really dangerous to move around Khartoum,” Tenga mentioned.
Tenga mentioned his two associates have been telling him how arduous it’s to get meals and the way there is no such thing as a legislation enforcement. From his earlier work on United Nations missions, Tenga is aware of that leads chaos and retribution.
“There’s violence in the streets and there is lawlessness now. There is no law and order,” mentioned Tenga, who’s initially from Sierra Leone.
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Tenga has has over three many years {of professional} and area expertise that embrace a number of missions in battle areas working with UNICEF, CANADEM and CAUSE Canada.
He mentioned individuals who have the means are sending their households out of Sudan. His associates solely come out of their houses to attempt to get meals.
“You hunker down. It’s a fight for survival now. You try to get food for your family,” Tenga mentioned.
An e-mail Global News obtained from a Canadian instructor making an attempt to get out Khartoum states that she is now on a packed bus aiming to achieve Egypt.
A Canadian instructor who has been dwelling and educating in Khartoum has been racing to get overseas.
“We are at the moment in the bus, which was provided by my school. We would try to reach (the) Egypt border. No one has internet, we have very little data. The bus is super packed, some of my colleagues are sitting on the floor. It’s definitely going to be long and dangerous journey, but at least we clearly understood the message of our government, knowing that we are on our own. Sorry, but it would be impossible that any of us talk to you now,” reads an e-mail from Vesna Vukovic.
Canadians in Sudan are being informed that air evacuations usually are not potential this time, with airports and the airspace closed.
Tenga says he’s stunned that Canadians haven’t been evacuated.
“What are they hoping for? That the soldiers will stop fighting? That’s not going to happen,” he mentioned.
Global Affairs mentioned Canada is coordinating with different international locations to reply to the disaster.
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