Sudan’s Prime Minister Arrested in Military Takeover
- Prime minister, colleagues said to be detained early Monday
- Crisis threatens nation’s economic, political rehabilitation
Demonstrators hold an image of Abdalla Hamdok during a protest at the presidential palace in Khartoum, Sudan, on Oct. 21.
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Sudan’s army detained the prime minister and several members of his cabinet in an apparent coup early Monday, threatening to derail a fragile democratic transition and imperil newly won support from the U.S. and international donors.
Premier Abdalla Hamdok’s home was surrounded at dawn and he was later moved to an unknown location after refusing to endorse a military takeover, the Information and Culture Ministry said in a statement on its Facebook page, calling for protests to thwart the coup. Internet outages were reported in the capital Khartoum.