SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Prime Minister Hamdok detained in coup leader al-Burhan’s home ‘for his own safety’

27/10/2021: Multiple sources – Sudan Prime Minister Hamdok detained in coup leader al-Burhan’s home ‘for his own safety’

• AFP

• Guardian, by Peter Beaumont

• Reuters

• Independent, by Bel Trew

• New York Times, by Abdi Latif Dahir and Simon Marks

• Bloomberg, by Tarek El-Tablawy and Abdel Latif Wahba

Lt. Gen. Abdulfattah al-Burhan, the military leader who took power in a coup, said he is keeping the deposed Prime Minister, Abdallah Hamdok, at the general’s personal residence “for his own safety”, as concerns mount over the wellbeing of senior arrested officials.

Hamdok’s office, in a message on its official Facebook page, called for people to take to the streets and conduct acts of civil disobedience, as it voiced concern over his safety and that of the other missing ministers. Hamdok remains “the executive authority recognised by the Sudanese people and the world”, it said.

Al-Burhan denied that the army takeover amounted to a coup and said Hamdok was in good health and would be allowed to return to his own home later in the day.