SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga – Sudan PM on foiled military coup: ‘What happened is a lesson learnt’

21/9/2021: Radio Dabanga – Sudan PM on foiled military coup: ‘What happened is a lesson learnt’

Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok gave a speech following the coup attempt in which he emphasised to need for security sector and army reforms. 

Hamdok said: “the coup is a manifestation of the national crisis that we referred to in the initiative The Way Forward [and] confirms the need to reform the security and military apparatus. It calls for a complete, clear and transparent review of the transition process”.

Hamdok stated that the coup was orchestrated “by parties inside and outside the armed forces,” and that it was “another attempt of the remnants of the former regime to abort the civil democratic transition [which was] prepared extensively, as witnessed by the lawlessness”, citing unrest in eastern Sudan which saw highways blocked, ports closed, oil production disrupted and continuous incitement against the civilian government.