KHARTOUM: Sudanese police fired tear gas Monday to disperse hundreds of protesters who rallied near the presidential palace in Khartoum demanding civilian rule, witnesses said. It was the latest rally in recent weeks by Sudanese opposed to a military-dominated government in the country where top general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan seized power in an October coup. … Read more
KHARTOUM – Sudan’s General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Thursday ordered the release of four ministers detained since he led a military power grab last week, state-run television said. The releases came as the army said the formation of a new government was “imminent”. “The Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces has ordered the release of Hashem … Read more
KHARTOUM – A Sudanese lawyer representing civilian leaders detained in the country’s military coup last week said Monday their whereabouts is unknown and that they are in a “dangerous legal situation”. A week ago, soldiers detained Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, his ministers and civilian leaders who had been heading Sudan’s democratic transition following the 2019 overthrow of autocrat … Read more
KHARTOUM – Sudan’s top general declared a state of emergency and dissolved the authorities leading the country’s democratic transition Monday, after soldiers detained civilian leaders in what the UN condemned as a “coup”. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s announcement in a televised address came after armed forces detained government leaders in charge of heading the transition … Read more
KHARTOUM – Tens of thousands of supporters of Sudan’s transition to a civilian-led democracy took to the streets Thursday, as rival demonstrators kept up a sit-in demanding a return to military rule. Both sides appealed to their supporters to keep apart and refrain from any violence, but there was a heavy police and troop presence … Read more
