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Evening Standard
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Cormac Pearson

British man shot and wife dies of starvation after being left in Sudan

The family of an 85-year-old man who lived near the UK’s diplomatic mission in Sudan’s capital have said he was shot by snipers and his wife died of starvation after being left behind in the country.

The BBC was told by the family of Abdalla Sholgami and his 80-year-old wife Alaweya Rishwan, who had a disability, that despite asking for help, they were directed to cross a warzone to board an evacuation fight in Khartoum.

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