Sudan’s capital city, as demonstrated in our previous post, attracts university students from Africa, Asia, and beyond. Nigeria has one of the largest student populations.
Despite seeing their friends from other countries safely removed, many Nigerians say they are still waiting to be rescued from Khartoum.
“The Nigerian embassy is not present at the International University of Africa.” There is no interaction. “Right now, there are only Nigerian students left there,” Abubakar Sadiq Ibrahim told Reuters.
Similar complaints have been made by other Nigerian students. According to Reuters, Nigeria has requested a safe corridor to evacuate 5,500 citizens, the majority of whom are students.
When the fighting started, Ibrahim was only two weeks away from finishing his degree.
“It’s been a very sad and unpleasant experience,” he explained. He cited inflation, food shortages, and three-kilometer [1.8-mile] walks to get supplies. “Everything is closed. There is no movement and nothing.”
