Prominent Sudanese journalist and analyst Fayez Selik was detained by authorities in the capital Khartoum this evening, as he left the Al Jazeera studios, following an interview in which he expressed sharp criticism and condemnation of the ongoing military coup in Sudan.
The head of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council, Lt Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan, has declared a State of Emergency in the country after the military seized power in a dawn coup in Khartoum today. Minister Abdallah Hamdok, as well as several civilian members of the Sovereignty Council have been placed under arrest and all organs of …
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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned today’s military coup in Sudan, and called for the immediate release of Prime Minister Hamdok and other officials arrested after the military seized power this morning. The head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) has called for restraint.
At least four people were killed, and 80 injured, as Sudanese military forces fired tear gas and live ammunition at civilians today. Tens of thousands of Sudanese answered a call by the Sudanese Professionals Association and the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) – the main civilian drivers of the revolution that overthrew the 30-year …
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In the third quarter of 2021, despite initial optimism, simmering disputes between the various elements of the transitional government, especially between the civilian and the military components, escalated into an abortive coup attempt, allegedly by supporters of the deposed Al Bashir regime, trying “to abort the civil democratic transition”.