Sudan
Sudanese general ignored U.S. warning as army rolled out coup plan
By Khalid Abdelaziz, Nafisa Eltahir and Aidan Lewis KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Hours before Sudan's army seized power and dissolved its government, a senior U.S. envoy warned the country's top general…
Blinken says U.S. condemns Sudan’s military takeover
(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in a phone call with Sudanese Foreign Minister Mariam Sadiq al-Mahdi on Thursday, condemned Sudan's military takeover and the arrest of the…
Sudan’s army chief Burhan meets with Saudi ambassador in Khartoum
CAIRO (Reuters) - Sudan's armed forces chief General Abdel Fatah al-Burhan met with Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Khartoum Ali Bin Hasan Jaafar on Wednesday to discuss the crisis in Sudan…
White House in contact with Gulf countries about Sudan takeover -Sullivan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration is looking at a full range of economic tools to respond to the military takeover in Sudan and has been in close contact with Gulf…
‘An epidemic’ of coups, U.N. chief laments, urging Security Council to act
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. chief Antonio Guterres assailed what he called "an epidemic of coup d'états" on Tuesday and urged the Security Council to act to…
Sudan’s Burhan says he is keeping PM Hamdok at his own home
DUBAI (Reuters) - Sudan's top general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said on Tuesday he was keeping ousted Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok at his own house. He told a news conference in…
Sudanese opposition coalition calls for civil disobedience – ministry
CAIRO (Reuters) - Sudan's main opposition coalition called on Monday for civil disobedience and protests across the country after the military dissolved the transitional government, the information ministry said. The…
EU demands immediate release of Sudanese leader, cabinet members
By Sabine Siebold (Reuters) - The European Union condemned the detention of Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and other cabinet members on Monday and urged their immediate release after the…
U.N. chief calls for immediate release of Sudan’s officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for the immediate release of Sudan's prime minister and all other officials after the Sudan military seized power in the…
French President Macron calls for immediate release of Sudan Prime Minister
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday condemned the coup attempt in Sudan and called for the immediate release of the Sudanese Prime Minister and civilian members of…
Sudan’s Burhan declares state of emergency, dissolves government
CAIRO (Reuters) - Sudan's ruling council head Abdel Fattah al-Burhan announced on Monday a state of emergency across the country and the dissolution of the transitional sovereign council and the…
African Union chair calls for release of Sudan’s leadership – statement
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Sudan's political leaders should be released and human rights respected, the African Union Commission Chair Moussa Faki Mahamat said in a statement on Monday. Faki also…
