Community members criticise UK government, saying no major effort has been made to stop conflict in former colony
When Omima Hassan, a 44-year-old a senior healthcare assistant, first heard of the news of the fighting in Sudan, she thought it was fake. She couldn’t believe that her family and loved ones were suddenly trapped in a war zone.
“My brother, my auntie, my cousins – they all live in Sudan. And it’s not just them, you feel like all Sudanese-British people are your family,” she said.
