It is in progress military coup in Sudan. His prime minister Sudan, The Abdallah Hamdock, was placed under house arrest by an army force that is not clear on whose orders he obeys, following the siege of his residence early this morning, the Al-Hadath television network broadcasts, citing unnamed sources.
The Reuters news agency notes that it has not been able to confirm this information from independent sources.
Earlier, the same force captured at least four ministers of Mr. Hamdock’s government – Communications, Information, Finance, Industry – and a citizen on the Governing Council, as well as the Governor of Khartoum, according to the same sources. The arrests are expected to continue.
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Troops also stormed the home of the prime minister’s communications adviser and detained him, members of his family told Reuters.
The military has blocked all entrances to the capital and several bridges. Yesterday Sunday, as broadcast by AMPE, the Sudanese police made use of tear gas
to disperse hundreds of protesters trying to block the capital’s main boulevard.
Army supporters demonstrated last week, the second in a row, to demand the resignation of the government. According to the transitional authorities, the mobilizations and the episodes involve supporters of the party of Omar El Bashir, who took power in a coup and was president of Sudan until he was overthrown by the army in 2019.
The Sudanese Professional Union – which spearheaded the mass mobilizations that led to the overthrow of Bashir – called on citizens to take to the streets and “resist” any new coup.
Internet access has been lost THE Internet access has been lost
in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, a Reuters reporter found.
The media of the African country also reported, as reported by AMPE, that the access to the Internet has been cut off.
According to Al-Hadath TV, in the early hours of this morning, an army force placed Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok under house arrest and arrested several members of the transitional government – all civilians – while blocking entrances to Khartoum and bridges.
It is not clear to whom this force obeys orders. So far, the staff has not commented on the developments.
An organization that led since the end of 2018 in the mass mobilizations in Sudan that led to the overthrow of former President Omar El Bashir in 2019 by the generals called on the people to take to the streets and “resist” any new military coup.
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