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.
Sudan has worked to end its international isolation since mass demonstrations overthrew long-time dictator Omar al-Bashir in 2019, normalizing ties with Israel and repairing relations with the U.S., which rescinded its almost three-decade designation of the African nation as a state sponsor of terror. Buffeted by a collapsing currency and soaring prices, Sudan has also managed to secure International Monetary Fund support and a pledge by the Paris Club of creditors to restructure $23.5 billion of its debt.
All that is now under threat as the United Nations condemned any military takeover and the U.S. warned it could withdraw aid.
The U.S. is “deeply alarmed at reports of a military take-over of the transitional government,” special envoy to the Horn of Africa, Jeffrey Feltman, said in a statement. “Any changes to the transitional government by force puts at risk U.S. assistance.”
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