…UN, others call for release
Sudan’s military has placed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok under house arrest after moving him to an unknown location for refusing to support a coup, according to the information ministry.
The chairman of Sudan’s ruling body, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan later announced the dissolution of the transitional government and the sovereign council and declared a nationwide state of emergency.
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Sudan has been on edge since a failed coup plot last month unleashed bitter recriminations between military and civilian groups meant to be sharing power following the toppling of the country’s longtime leader Omar al-Bashir.
Meanwhile, Britain has said that the military coup in Sudan was an unacceptable betrayal of the Sudanese people and called on security forces there to release the country’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok.
Britain’s Africa Minister, Vicky Ford said on Twitter, “Today’s military coup in Sudan is an unacceptable betrayal of the Sudanese people and their democratic transition. Security forces must release PM Hamdok and other civilian leaders, and those who do not respect right to protest without fear of violence will be held to account.”
Also speaking from Washington DC, Jalelah Ahmed, a Sudanese activist, told Al Jazeera that the Sudanese diaspora has been on alert since last night.
She said that her cousin in Khartoum had been terrified at the developments and that she was heartbroken with what had unfolded overnight.
“We are utterly devastated this morning,” said Ahmed. “We are heartbroken to see [the military] has decided to proceed in that fashion.
“There was no reason to dissolve the transitional council which was tasked with overseeing the (implementation) of the Constitution and to protecting the Sudanese people and democracy,” she added.
The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has also called for the immediate release of Sudan’s prime minister and all other officials after the Sudan military seized power in the nation.
“I condemn the ongoing military coup in Sudan. Prime Minister Hamdok & all other officials must be released immediately. There must be full respect for the constitutional charter to protect the hard-won political transition. The UN will continue to stand with the people of Sudan,” Guterres wrote on Twitter.
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