Monday 25″ October “2021 Sudan
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
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.
UK condemns Sudan military coup as unacceptable betrayal
Britain said 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.
“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,” Britain’s Africa minister Vicky Ford said on Twitter.
Devastated’ by coup, says Sudan activist
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.
Sudanese opposition coalition calls for civil disobedience
Sudan’s main opposition coalition called for civil disobedience and protests across the country after the military dissolved the transitional government, the information ministry said.
The Forces of Freedom and Change alliance demanded that the transitional military council step down and transfer power back to the civilian government.
It also called for the release of all detained members of cabinet and the sovereign council, a ruling body that had shared power between the military and civilians until it was dissolved by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Monday, the ministry said on Facebook.
EU condemns the military’s actions
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a statement that the right of peaceful protest must be respected, and violence and bloodshed avoided at all cost in Sudan.
“The actions of the military represent a betrayal of the revolution, the transition, and the legitimate requests of the Sudanese people for peace, justice and economic development,” he said.
UN chief calls for immediate release of Sudan’s officials
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has 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
A lot of trouble’ expected in Sudan: Correspondent
Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Vall, who has reported extensively on Sudan, said it was unlikely for the young people who are in the streets of Khartoum to stop their resistance following the announcement of the state of emergency that entails curfews.
“We can expect troubles ahead. They are not going to go back home easily,” he said.
The civilians in the streets of Khartoum at the moment are armed to their teeth. We know that the armed factions that came from the fringes during the last three years came with their weapons. Nobody checked and because they are in power.”
“To return to dialogue again will take a long time. And there will be a lot of trouble before it begins again.”
‘Utterly unacceptable’: World reacts to Sudan arrests
World leaders and human rights groups have condemned the detention of several high-ranking Sudanese officials in what appears to be a coup attempt, as a senior military official dissolved the government.
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Sudan’s military ruler declares national state of emergency
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the military officer who heads a power-sharing ruling council, announced a state of emergency across the country and the dissolution of the transitional sovereign council and the government.
He said the 2019 agreement on the transitional government which the civilian and military leadership had shared had turned into a struggle that was threatening peace and security.
The military needed to protect the country’s safety and security as stated in the constitutional declaration, he said, announcing the dissolution of the power-sharing ruling council and the government.
He also announced the removal of state governors, saying the elections will be held in July 2023.
Office of Sudan’s prime minister urges protesters to take to streets
The office of Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok called on protesters to take to the streets after security forces detained senior civilian leaders in the transitional government.
We call on the Sudanese people to protest using all peaceful means possible … to take back their revolution from the thieves,” Hamdok’s office said in a statement.
Civilian council member calls coup ‘political foolishness’
Sudanese civilian sovereign council member Mohammed Hassan Eltaishi said on his official Facebook page that Monday’s apparent military coup was “political foolishness” and that he would resist it “until the last drop of blood”.
At least 12 injured in anti-military protests in Khartoum
Sudanese Doctors Committee has said on Facebook that at least 12 people were injured in Khartoum during the demonstrations against the attempted military coup, without providing further details.
Sudan’s information ministry said that the protesters were being shot at near the military’s headquarters in Khartoum.
It had said earlier on its official Facebook page that tens of thousands of protesters had taken to the streets. heeding calls by the country’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok to reject the coup.
Germany calls for ‘immediate end’ to Sudan coup attempt
Germany has condemned a coup attempt in Sudan and called for an “immediate end” to the action.https://7ef59b3bd09211494960da79d8f11699.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html
“The news of a new coup attempt in Sudan is troubling,” German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in a statement.
“I call on everyone in Sudan responsible for security and order to continue Sudan’s transition to democracy and to respect the will of the people. The attempted overthrow must come to an immediate end.”
