She added that the United States was “deeply alarmed at reports of a military takeover” and called for the immediate release of the prime minister and other officials.
President Biden was briefed on Sudan in the morning, said White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre. The Information Ministry, still loyal to the dissolved government, called his speech an “announcement of a seizure of power by military coup.”Īs darkness fell in Khartoum, barricades were still burning and occasional gunshots could be heard, said Volker Perthes, the UN special envoy for Sudan, at a briefing in New York. He added that the constitution would be rewritten and a legislative body would be formed with the participation of “young men and women who made this revolution.” “The Armed Forces will continue completing the democratic transition until the handover of the country’s leadership to a civilian, elected government,” he said. But he made clear the military will remain in charge. 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. Tensions have been rising for weeks over the course and the pace of the transition to democracy in Sudan, a nation in Africa linked by language and culture to the Arab world.
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The head of the military, General Abdel-Fattah Burhan, announced on national TV that he was dissolving the government and the Sovereign Council, a joint military and civilian body created soon after al-Bashir’s ouster to run the country.īurhan said quarrels among political factions prompted the military intervention. Records from a Khartoum hospital obtained by the Associated Press showed some people admitted with gunshot wounds. Pro-democracy activist Dura Gambo said paramilitary forces chased protesters through some Khartoum neighborhoods. The US Embassy warned that troops were blocking parts of the city and urged the military “to immediately cease violence.”
They blocked streets and set fire to tires as security forces used tear gas to disperse them.Īs plumes of smoke rose, protesters could be heard chanting, “The people are stronger, stronger!” and “Retreat is not an option!” Social media video showed crowds crossing bridges over the Nile to the center of the capital. The United States, United Kingdom, France, Ireland, Norway, and Estonia requested an emergency closed meeting of the UN Security Council on Tuesday to discuss Sudan, diplomats said.Īfter the early morning arrests of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and other senior officials, thousands demonstrated in the streets of the capital, Khartoum, and its twin city of Omdurman.
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