A British family fleeing war-torn Sudan have been forced to pool their life savings of $60,000 (£47,500) together to reach safety after the government abandoned them.
The family of seven, including an 88-year-old Kent-born grandma and her three grandchildren under 10, managed to escape the fighting in the capital Khartoum and reached the Sudan-Egypt border town of Wadi Halfa.
They spent four days sleeping on cardboard there before cutting their losses and stumping up the huge cost to reach the safety of Aswan, Egypt. From there they will pay for flights to the UK.
