Sudanese-Canadian campaigns to help adopted sister stranded in Khartoum

An undated handout image shows Kholoud Yagoob Abdallah with her adopted family in Khartoum, Sudan. Courtesy of Sam Atabani/Handout via REUTERS

CAIRO (Reuters) - A Sudanese-Canadian citizen has been separated from an adopted sister and her children and is trying to help them secure safe passage out of Sudan where they have been stranded for over 10 weeks by the war between rival military factions.

Sami Atabani said he hoped the Canadian government would consider evacuating his adopted sister, 43-year-old Kholoud Yagoob Abdallah, even though she does not hold Canadian citizenship like the rest of his close relatives.