JEDDAH: Sky News Africa correspondent Yousra Elbagir unexpectedly found her uncle among crowds of Sudan evacuees arriving in Jeddah.
Video footage shared by Sky showed Elbagir spotting her relative during live coverage at King Faisal Naval Base in Jeddah. He was standing among others who had been evacuated from the war-torn country.
Elbagir was looking for one more person to interview when she exclaimed: “Oh my God, that is my uncle.”
She hurried to the man, whose name is Mohsin, and they embraced as he held the Saudi flag.
Mohsin said he had left Sudan on Wednesday but was too tired to speak on camera when requested to by Elbagir.
Saudi ship Amana transported 1,687 people from Port Sudan to King Faisal Naval Base on Wednesday, said the Kingdom’s Foreign Ministry.
The total number of people evacuated by Saudi Arabia from Sudan has reached 2,351, of whom 119 are Saudi citizens with the remainder of the total made up of 67 nationalities.
