The Latest: UN mission rebukes apparent coup in Sudan

CAIRO — The United Nations Mission to Sudan has issued an emphatic rebuke of what it called an ongoing coup and attempts to undermine the northeast African nation’s fragile antiauthoritarian transition.

The archetypal reports astir a imaginable subject takeover began trickling retired of Sudan earlier dawn Monday. By mid-morning, the accusation ministry confirmed that the premier minister, Abdalla Hamdok, had been arrested and taken to an undisclosed location. Several elder authorities figures were besides detained, the ministry said successful a Facebook post. It said their whereabouts were unknown.

“The reported detentions of the premier minister, authorities officials and politicians are unacceptable,” said the precocious formed U.N. governmental mission, which has a mandate to assistance the country’s governmental modulation and support quality rights.

The ngo called connected Sudan’s information forces “to instantly merchandise those who person been unlawfully detained oregon placed nether location arrest” and urged each parties to “exercise utmost restraint.”

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Diplomats person joined successful a chorus of interest implicit the events that rocked Sudan connected Monday, arsenic Sudanese information forces detained elder authorities officials successful undisclosed locations and thousands flooded the thoroughfare successful protest, 2 years aft wide demonstrations helped topple erstwhile autocrat Omar al-Bashir.

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CAIRO — The Arab League has released a connection of “deep concern” astir the evident subject coup successful Sudan.

The Secretary-General of the 22-member bloc, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, urged each parties connected Monday to “fully abide” by the law declaration signed successful August 2019, which had aimed to pave the mode for a modulation to civilian regularisation and antiauthoritarian elections pursuing the ouster of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir.

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“There are nary problems that cannot beryllium resolved without dialogue,” Aboul Gheit said aft Sudan’s subject detained the country’s interim premier curate on with different apical Cabinet officials and protesters poured into streets of the capital, Khartoum.

“It is important to respect each decisions and agreements that were decided upon … refraining from immoderate measures that would disrupt the transitional play and shingle stableness successful Sudan,” the connection added.

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CAIRO — The European Union has joined the United States successful expressing sedate interest astir a imaginable subject takeover underway successful Sudan.

EU overseas affairs main Josep Borrell tweeted connected Monday that he’s pursuing events successful the northeast African federation with the “utmost concern,” aft reports emerged that Sudanese subject forces had detained respective elder authorities officials, including the interim premier minister.

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“The EU calls connected each stakeholders and determination partners to enactment backmost connected way the modulation process,” Borrell wrote, referring to Sudan’s fragile modulation from autocracy to ideology aft the ouster of longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir successful 2019.

Earlier, U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman said Washington was “deeply alarmed” and indicated that a subject coup would endanger American assistance to the impoverished country.

“As we person said repeatedly, immoderate changes to the transitional authorities by unit puts astatine hazard U.S. assistance,” the U.S. Bureau of African Affairs wrote connected Twitter.

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