{"id":16933,"date":"2021-10-30T10:03:37","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T04:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knowledgekart.in\/blog\/?p=16933"},"modified":"2021-10-30T10:07:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T04:37:42","slug":"sudans-military-takes-power-in-coup-arrests-prime-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knowledgekart.in\/blog\/sudans-military-takes-power-in-coup-arrests-prime-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudan\u2019s military takes power in coup, arrests prime minister"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

 Sudan\u2019s <\/a>military seized power Monday, dissolving the transitional government hours after troops arrested the acting prime minister and other officials. Thousands of people flooded into the streets to protest the coup <\/a>that threatens the country\u2019s shaky progress toward democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover comes more than two years after protesters forced the ouster of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir and just weeks before the military was expected to hand the leadership of the council that runs the African country over to civilians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the early morning arrests of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and other officials, thousands poured into the streets of the capital, Khartoum, and its twin city of Omdurman. Footage shared online appeared to show protesters blocking streets and setting fire to tires as security forces used tear gas to disperse them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As plumes of smoke filled the air, protesters could be heard chanting, \u201cThe people are stronger, stronger\u201d and \u201cRetreat is not an option!\u201d Videos on social media showed large crowds crossing bridges over the Nile to the center of the capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 12 protesters were wounded in demonstrations, according to the Sudanese Doctors Committee, which did not provide further details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the afternoon, the head of the military, Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, announced on national TV that he was dissolving the government and the Sovereign Council, a joint military and civilian body created four months after al-Bashir\u2019s ouster to run the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burhan said quarrels among political factions prompted the military to intervene. The general declared a state of emergency and said the military will appoint a technocratic government to lead the country to elections, set for July 2023. But he made clear the military will remain in charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Armed Forces will continue completing the democratic transition until the handover of the country\u2019s leadership to a civilian, elected government,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that the country\u2019s constitution would be rewritten and a legislative body would be formed with the participation of \u201cyoung men and women who made this revolution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Information Ministry, still loyal to the dissolved government, called his speech an \u201cannouncement of a seizure of power by a military coup.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan announced in a televised address that he was dissolving the country’s government led by Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The international community expressed concern over Monday\u2019s developments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeffrey Feltman, the U.S. special envoy to the Horn of Africa, said Washington was \u201cdeeply alarmed\u201d by the reports. Feltman met with Sudanese officials over the weekend in an effort to resolve the growing dispute between civilian and military leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell tweeted that he\u2019s following events with the \u201cutmost concern.\u201d The U.N. political mission to Sudan called the detentions of government officials \u201cunacceptable.\u201d Sudan\u2019s military takes power<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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