Andrew Marr has said it's very hard to see how the UK Government can get British nationals stuck in war-torn Sudan out of the country safely, as ministers consider evacuation options.
"For a long time it was a central part of the slave trading system of the Muslim world. From the high Victorian period – the 1880s – until 1952, Sudan was effectively British.Watch Tonight with Andrew Marr exclusively on"Remember Gordon of Kartoum? He was the British imperial general sent in 1884 to the same city from which our embassy has just been evacuated.
"After getting the civilians out, Gordon stayed on and defended the city for a year before being overrun by local forces and killed. "Since then it has faced military coups, the secession of the south of the country, and a long period of brutal dictatorship which ended four years ago. "It's very hard to see how the British people trapped there are going to get out now. The airport’s closed. The internet has virtually collapsed so it's difficult to get up to date messages about who is where - the British government is sending text messages."Hospitals have virtually closed. Without military protection it’s simply too dangerous to be out on the street.
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