Sudan crisis: The football coach forced to flee Khartoum

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Florent Ibenge, in charge of the country's leading club, hopes to be reunited with his players soon.

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"She is training in a hotel that is one minute away from the airport. And from my house, I could see the air force shooting towards the airport. It was horrible because you can't move, you can't go and get your daughter." "Then a Burundian couple got in touch with my wife, asking if they could come over because fighters had entered their home.

 

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