A British man who had been shot by a sniper and lived yards from the embassy in Sudan was 'abandoned' by officials while his disabled wife starved to death, his family has claimed.
In a disheartening state of affairs, Alaweya Rishwan, the disabled wife of an 85-year-old Brit died of starvation when the UK embassy in Sudan failed to rescue the family even though they lived just across the road and had contacted the mission multiple times calling for help, as per reports.
The London hotel owner Abdalla Sholgami and his wife apparently requested the UK embassy in Sudan to fly them to the airfield from where the evacuation flights were departing.
of dual nationals were desperate to escape. amongst them abdalla sholgami, a british citizen and a london hotel owner, and his wife alaweya rishwan. they were next to the military hq. they were in the centre of khartoum. that area, you can t leave, you can t enter. there are snipers everywhere in hat area. they were trapped here in their home, opposite the british embassy. thousands of miles away, their grandchild and family were desperate to save their grandparents. we contacted the british ambassador, we contacted fcdo, the turkish embassy. the british embassy was not reciprocative, it had no interest. unable to get help from the british embassy, they were running out of supplies. her grandfather left her disabled grandmother to try and find help. five minutes into his journey, he got shot. three bullets.