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- Sudan’s top general declared a state of emergency and dissolved the authorities leading the country to a democratic transition
- It also announced the formation of a new government after soldiers detained civilian leaders in a “coup”
- General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s announcement in a televised address came after armed forces detained functionaries of the government in charge of leading the transition to democracy
Sudan’s top general declared a state of emergency and dissolved the authorities leading the country to a democratic transition. It also announced the formation of a new government after soldiers detained civilian leaders in a “coup”.
General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s announcement in a televised address came after armed forces detained functionaries of the government in charge of leading the transition to democracy. Since the April 2019 after the ouster of President Omar al-Bashir, pro- democracy activities were gaining momentum in the country. The ruler has decided to clamp a state of emergency nationwide. He also dissolved the transitional sovereign council, and the cabinet.
Clashes erupted in the capital Khartoum. Soldiers fired live rounds at people who took to the streets. The violence was mostly confined to outside the army headquarters in the capital. That started hours after soldiers detained Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, ministers in his government, and civilian members of Sudan’s ruling council. People set tyres ablaze and piling rows of bricks across roads to block them.
