Military dissolves civilian government and arrests leaders in Sudan

Sudan prime minister and his cabinet have been arrested and the government dissolved, is the latest crisis in a turbulent period for the country.

The military’s seizure of power and arrest of top civilian leaders in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum happened in early hours of 25 October. Thousands of pro-democracy protestors took to the streets across the country last week.

This latest putsch in Khartoum, coming just days after crisis meetings between Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and Washington’s envoy Jeffrey Feltman, is another repudiation of US influence and diplomacy in the region.

The US was the first to condemn the coup, with the EU and Britain likely to issue statements this morning.