Reports out of the country suggest a coordinated military offensive to black out the internet in Khartoum, arrest key political figures and raid broadcast companies.
- Military forces in the country have reportedly placed Prime Minister Abdulla Hamdok under house arrest and have been urging him to come out in support of the coup.
- The Umma Party, the country’s largest political party, called on people to take to the streets to counter the military.
- A takeover by the military, backed by conservative Islamists, would be a major setback for Khartoum, which has grappled with a transition to democracy since long-time autocrat Omar al-Bashir was toppled by mass protests in 2019. There was a failed coup attempt last month.
- Jeffery Feltman, the U.S. envoy, had just visited the country in an attempt to cool tensions, Bloomberg reported.
- Feltman said in the tweet posted by the State Department’s Bureau of African Affairs that a coup would “contravene the Constitutional Declaration and the democratic aspirations of the Sudanese people.”
- He called the development “utterly unacceptable” and said any “changes to the transitional government by force puts at risk U.S. assistance.”
SOURCE: FOXNEWS
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