Ex-Sudanese PM allowed home after military coup
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Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok was allowed home late on Tuesday, his office said, after a day of intense international pressure following his removal in a military coup.
Hamdok was 鈥渦nder close surveillance鈥 while other ministers and civilian leaders remained under arrest, his office added, after the army dissolved Sudan鈥檚 institutions on Monday.
The United States had said it would suspend aid over the coup and the EU had threatened to do the same.
Meanwhile UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres demanded Hamdok 鈥渂e released immediately鈥 ahead of an emergency Security Council meeting that began at 2000 GMT.
The talks among the top UN powers could produce a joint text condemning the putsch later Tuesday or on Wednesday, a diplomat speaking on condition of anonymity said.
Before the meeting, Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia鈥檚 deputy ambassador to the UN, said the council 鈥渟hould appeal to stop the violence from all sides.鈥
The coup comes just over two years into a delicate power-sharing arrangement between the military and civilians after the army鈥檚 ousting during enormous street protests in April 2019 of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir.
Angry citizens on streets
Top General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan had earlier vouched for Hamdok鈥檚 鈥済ood health,鈥 while a military source who requested anonymity said Hamdok had been escorted home, with 鈥渟ecurity measures鈥 erected 鈥渁round the perimeter.鈥
Angry citizens stood their ground on barricaded streets where tires burned, chanting 鈥淣o to military rule,鈥 the day after four people were shot dead by security forces, according to a doctors鈥 group.
And violence against protesters mounted.
鈥淔renzied putschist forces are attacking protest gatherings in separate parts nationwide,鈥 said the Sudanese Professionals Association, an umbrella of unions which were instrumental in the late 2018-2019 anti-Bashir protests.
It said the 鈥渧engeful鈥 attacks followed Hamdok鈥檚 release. Witnesses in the east Khartoum district of Burri said security forces fired tear gas at protesters blocking a main road in opposition to the coup.
Internationally, Burhan鈥檚 declaration of a state of emergency and dissolution of government provoked an immediate backlash.
Washington, a key backer of the transition, strongly condemned the military鈥檚 actions and suspended hundreds of millions of dollars in aid. Sudan risks 鈥済oing back into a period of being shunned by the rest of the world鈥 and losing badly needed financial aid, said Alex de Waal, executive director of the World Peace Foundation.
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