ramadan with her family. she told me that she had no indication that things would take such a violent and dramatic turn during her trip. so now here s where she is. we have a map to give you a general idea. she says that she is in about 4 1/2 hours south of the conflict zone in khartoum. she told us she is already registered with the u.s. state department and now waiting for a chance to begin the dangerous journey with her uncle to port sudan to secure passage out of the conflict zone and into saudi arabia to eventually make it back home. she says that over the last several days, she has been speaking with her relatives there in sudan, trying to come up with a plan and to take the right measures to prevent from being robbed or worse during that journey she estimates can take days to make happen. and making it through that chaos, she told us, she knows it won t be easy, and it certainly won t be safe. here s some of the conversation that we had. i m definitely nervous about that trip
here and across sudan. this is one of africa s biggest countries, but it is now at risk of total collapse. these families, already fleeing west across the border into neighbouring chad, with the un warning today that hundreds of thousands could soon follow suit. andrew harding, bbc news. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, travelled to port sudan and met some of the people fleeing the fighting. she is now injeddah in saudia arabia where many of the vessels evacuating people have been arriving. this fighting is now in its third week. and with every day, you feel this crisis deepening, the united nations has said tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes, to flee their lives. to head in whatever direction, across whatever border, into whatever country they think will take them. and there are predictions
millions still stuck in khartoum. a global relief operation has barely begun to address the humanitarian crisis growing here and across sudan. this is one of africa s biggest countries, but it is now at risk of total collapse. these families, already fleeing west across the border into neighbouring chad, with the un warning today that hundreds of thousands could soon follow suit. andrew harding, bbc news. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, travelled to port sudan and met some of the people fleeing the fighting. she is now injeddah in saudia arabia where many of the vessels evacuating people have been arriving. this biting is now in its third week. every day can you feel this crisis deepening. the united nations has had tens of thousands of people have been forced
state won t say how many people are on this convoy. they do say over this convoy, other country s convoys and other aircraft, hundreds of u.s. citizens have evacuated the country. so they were taken from khartoum, to port sudan, hundreds of miles. there are u.s. navy ships in port sudan and those citizens were taken to jeddah in saudi arabia where they ll get assistance. the process played out over several days on thursday those american citizens in sudan who were looking to leave and had travel documents to be ready. on friday they got the heads-up have food ready and one travel bag, and that s when the convoy left to try to get south american citizens out. there are, of course, thousands of american citizens in sudan. it s unclear how many of them want to leave at this point. but the state department says if you are an american citizen in sudan looking to get out of the country get in touch, suggesting there may be more efforts like
state won t say how many people were on the convoy but other countries and military aircraft, huxs of american citizens evacuated from the country to port sudan. hundreds of miles. navy ships there and then taken to saudi arabia to get assistance on the way. the process played out over several days. on thursday those looking to leave in touch with the embassy told be ready. on friday they got the heads up. have some food and water and a travel bag and they left to get the americans out. how many more want to get out? the state department said if you want to leave get the n touch. sounds like good news there then. thank you. new developments on the