Sudan military says foils coup attempt, detains senior officers
Sudan's military says it has thwarted a coup attempt and detained several high-ranking officers linked to the putsch.
The military "revealed a coup attempt involving General Hashim Abdel Mottalib Ahmed, head of the joint chiefs of staff, and a number of high-ranking officers from the armed forces and the National Intelligence and Security Service, along with leaders of the Islamic Movement and the National Congress Party," state news agency SUNA reported on Wednesday.
According to the report, the senior officials have been arrested and “investigations with them are going on so that they can be tried."
The news agency cited the country’s military as saying that the botched coup aimed to "abort the people's glorious revolution and to return the former National Congress regime to power, and to disrupt the path before the expected political solution that aims to establish a civilian state."
The military unseated the long-time president, Omar al-Bashir, in April, following months of mass anti-government protests.
Following Bashir’s ouster, the coup leaders established the so-called Transitional Military Council (TMC), presumably to run state affairs in the post-Bashir era.
But the generals also moved to consolidate power and faced popular protests themselves.
Protests turned violent on many occasions, with the military cracking down on demonstrators.
Sudan’s ruling military council and an alliance of opposition groups are currently working to finalize a power-sharing agreement for a three-year transition period to a civilian rule, a process that has repeatedly stalled.
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