The head of Sudan’s ruling military council, General Fattah al-Burhan declared a state of emergency in the country. The move came hours after the military arrested Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok and ministers in the civilian government.
General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s announcement in a televised address came after armed forces detained figures of the government in charge of leading the transition to democracy since the April 2019 ouster of President Omar al-Bashir.
“To rectify the revolution’s course, we have decided to declare a state of emergency nationwide… dissolve the transitional sovereign council, and dissolve the cabinet,” Burhan said.
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His statement came as clashes erupted in the capital Khartoum, with soldiers firing live rounds at people who took to the streets to protest against the power grab.
Burhan said: “We guarantee the armed forces’ commitment to completing the democratic transition until we hand over to a civilian elected government.”
The general announced elections to be held on July 2023. The army detained Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok as he was moved to an undisclosed location in an apparent coup on Monday.
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