SUDAN NEWS ALERT: New York Times - Sudan’s Prime Minister Was Detained at Home of General Who Led Coup
The New York Times report on the military coup in Sudan.
“The coup in Sudan is unlikely to pass off smoothly. Memories of the corruption, repression and general misrule in the al-Bashir years are too fresh in the minds of many Sudanese for them to accede without resistance to a return to the old order.” said Murithi Mutiga of the International Crisis Group.
Three Western diplomats said there was a split inside the military between senior generals and officers who do not want to shoot at civilians and those who were in favour of the military coup, with protesters reporting setting up roadblocks to stop military forces pursuing them.
A campaign of civil disobedience was announced by the government’s Culture and Information Ministry, with doctors in parts of Sudan announcing their withdrawal from military hospitals.