Sudan: military coup overthrows the transitional civilian government
After weeks of escalating tensions between civilian and military members of the council of state, which was attempting to lead Sudan towards democracy, two years after the fall of longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir, the Sudanese army decided to place end Sudan's democratic experiment, arresting the prime minister and a large number of senior cabinet members and party leaders in favor of growing and shutting down the internet – in a coup, according to reports from Reuters and AP .
In response, thousands of Sudanese citizens took to the streets in Khartoum and its sister city of Omdurman to protest the military's decision to take power from a fragile but attempting to transition to civilian government. The coup is hardly a surprise for the US and the EU; a failed coup attempt last month angered progressive Sudanese who pushed for the overthrow of al-Bashir, while the country's most conservative Islamists support a military-led government.
Internet access was "largely cut off" during the coup, as the country's state news channel began playing traditional patriotic music. The military also reportedly stormed the television station office in Omdurman and arrested some employees.
This latest coup comes less than a month before the powerful Sudanese general Abdel-Fattah Burhan was to hand over the leadership of the Sovereign Council of Sudan, a transition committee that includes both military and civilian members that was supposed to lead the transition to democracy. According to the AP, a military takeover "would be a major setback for Sudan, which has been grappling with a stop-and-go transition to democracy since longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir was overthrown. from mass protests two years ago ”.
news of the coup had already filtered before dawn. In the middle of the morning, the country's information minister confirmed that Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok had been arrested and transferred to an unknown location. Several other senior officials have been arrested and their whereabouts are unknown, according to a statement by the country's information ministry posted on Facebook.
General Burhan had already hinted that he may not willingly relinquish command of the council of state last month in a televised interview in which he placed many limits on the transfer of power. The Sovereign Council was supposed to lead Sudan to elections by the end of 2023.
As tensions escalated, Biden's envoy to the region, Jeffrey Feltman, said he met with Sudanese officials over the weekend in an effort to resolve the growing civil-military rift. Unfortunately, his attempts have obviously been unsuccessful.
Given the economic and social treasures that are accumulating around the world, we are pretty sure this will not be the last similar event of 2021-22.
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