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Coup attempt in Sudan, Prime Minister under house arrest, some government officials have been arrested and it is unclear who carried out the arrest.
Several members of Sudan’s transitional government have been arrested in their homes amid reports of a military’s coup.
According to a BBC report sighted by GhanaWeb, Civilian PM, Abdallah Hamdok and at least four ministers were among those believed to have been detained by unidentified soldiers at their homes shortly before dawn on Monday.
The events came just two days after a Sudanese faction calling for a transfer of power to civilian rule warned of a “creeping coup” at a press conference that a crowd of unidentified people sought to prevent.
A government source told AFP that, the internet was cut off throughout the country, while demonstrators gathered in the streets to protest against the arrest, setting fire to tires.
The army not commented, but pro-democracy groups urged street protest.
Military’s and civilian leaders have been at odds since long-time ruler Omar al-Bashir was overthrown two years ago and a transitional government was set up.
It remains unclear who carried out the arrests.
Sudan has been undergoing a precious transition marred by political divisions and power struggles since the ouster of President Omar al-Bashir in April 2019.
Since August 2019, Sudan has been under the rule of a civilian military overseeing the transition to an all-civilian regime.
The main civilian bloc- the Forces for freedom and change(FFC)- which led the anti-Bashir protects in 2019, has spilt into two opposing fractions.
“The current crisis is artificial- and is taking the form of a creeping coup”, FFC leader Yasser Arman said at a press conference in the capital Khartoum on Saturday.
“We renew our confidence in the government, Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok, and in the reform of the transitional institution.”
The minister added Sudan’s leader is under pressure to release a statement in “support of the takeover” but had called people to take to the street in protest.
“Members belonging to the civilian component of the transitional sovereign council and a number of ministers of the transitional government were arrested by the joint military forces and taken to unknown destination.
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Story by : Elizabeth Naa Dedei Aryee.