'Aksante Baba Mtakatifu, narudi nyumbani'

Meriam Ibrahim holds her daughter Maya in her arms as she leaves Rome for Philadelphia

 

The Christian mother who was put on death row in Sudan for refusing to convert to Islam is finally on her way to a new life in the United States.

Meriam Ibrahim, who was imprisoned for apostasy after refusing to renounce her Christian faith, left Rome this morning on a flight bound for Philadelphia, according to the campaigner who secured her release.

 

The mother-of-two, accompanied by husband Daniel, a U.S. citizen, and children Martin and Maya will then change planes to fly to New Hampshire, according to Antonella Napoli, director of Italians for Darfur.

The family of four are planning to start afresh in America in Manchester, the hometown of Daniel’s brother, Gabriel Wani.

They spent the previous week in Rome after being spirited out of Sudan in the dead of night on an Italian state aircraft. 

Daily Mail