Anxiety continues for the 15 Greeks who remain trapped in the Metropolis of Sudan who are living dramatic hours as the conflicts rage in Khartoum.

Their testimonies about what they experience inside the Metropolis are dramatic. According to the central news bulletin of SKAI among those trapped are also three children aged 9-10 years old as well as two sisters who managed to talk by phone with their parents who are also trapped inside their homes, very close to the Metropolis.

As a stranded Greek woman said speaking to SKAI, the conditions are very difficult as the food available to them is scarce. There is also no electricity and no internet access. The only thing they have as he points out is a generator which they use in the evenings, however, trying not to be noticed.

“We can’t even go near the windows because we might get killed” he says characteristically describing the chaos that prevails on the streets of the Sudanese capital.

Earlier, SKAI, specifically, the “Dekatians” released a video-documentary from the Greek Orthodox Metropolis in Khartoum. Through the half-closed window, the hostilities can be seen while shots and explosions are constantly heard.

From inside the church, Mrs. Alexandra Kalimeri described in a low voice what they are facing in the last few days. “We are having a very difficult time, the shooting outside does not stop, we cannot go outside. The doorman of the Greek community came and begged us not to go out because there are people killed and shots are constantly being fired. We have three small children with us. Some food, which may run out tomorrow. All of Sudan has no electricity” Mrs. Kalimeri described.

Yesterday, the Metropolitan of Nubia, Mr. Savvas, speaking to SKAI about the dramatic situation that prevails, said: “From yesterday until today they are hitting the Metropolis. Now a little while ago they knocked on both doors of the Metropolis, either they are stray bullets, or they are knocking indiscriminately. This is happening for the first time, it has never happened before that they hit a church, hit a place where there is a flag of another state. This is happening for the first time. Before you could get on the phone, both doors of the Metropolis had been knocked on. We are 15 people. We’ve been stuck here since yesterday morning. The electricity has been cut off, the water has been cut off, everything has been cut off. The internet falters. And that will soon be cut. We have a few supplies and hope to find a solution by tomorrow. A solution to move people from here.”

Sudan is in the midst of civil war

Sudan descends into chaos with the death toll reaching at least 97 and the injured reaching 1,000. The hostilities between the army forces under General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan and the paramilitary group “Rapid Support Forces” of General Daglo continue unabated.

“I can’t leave the house. It’s very dangerous out there. The army is everywhere, I don’t know who they are. It’s miserable. I can’t imagine what will happen if I leave my house” reports Amid Halafalah, a resident of Khartoum.

Hospitals have basic shortages of medicines and due to power outages, oxygen machines are not working. At the same time, state television and radio have been shut down and the two factions are fighting over the conquest of strategic infrastructure, without it being clear until now who has the upper hand in Sudan.

“The exchange of fire must stop immediately. The voice of reason must prevail. Everyone will lose. And there is no victory when it is over the corpses of our people” says Abdullah Hamdok, former prime minister of Sudan.

At the same time, concern prevails in the international community, which calls on both sides to come to negotiations, but neither side seems willing to do so.

“There is a strong position, among all our partners, on the need for an immediate ceasefire and a return to talks, talks that have been very promising in putting Sudan on the path to a full transition to civilian-led government,” he noted. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.