Khartoum, ANI. After the military coup in Sudan, the situation there is changing rapidly.
Sudan’s army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has said that a new prime minister and sovereign council will be elected within a week. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who heads the ruling body sharing power in Sudan, declared a nationwide state of emergency and dissolved the current government. Sudan’s military leader has fired at least six ambassadors,
including envoys from the US, the European Union and France, who criticized the coup. These people had condemned the capture of the power of the country by the army. General Abdel-Fatah Burhan also fired the Sudanese ambassadors to the UN missions in Qatar, China and Geneva late on Wednesday.
Diplomats have pledged their support for the now-deposed government of Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok. The action to expel the ambassadors comes three days after the coup. Burhani claims that due to the tussle between the political parties, the military force was forced to take the reins of power in their own hands and if this was not the case, the country could have started a civil war.
Democracy supporters detained by the military include Ismail al-Taj, Sadiq al-Sadiq al-Mahdiq and Khalid al-Silayq. Meanwhile, pressure from the international community on the military to withdraw the coup continues to mount.
Three pro-democracy men were arrested hours after the military allowed ousted Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok and his wife to return home. Sudanese Prime Minister Hamdok, a former UN economist, and other senior officials were arrested on Monday following a coup by the military.
The military coup in Sudan is seen as a major threat to the process of restoring democratic order in the country.
