Protests in Sudan against the military coup continued overnight. The BBC reports that at least 10 people were killed and dozens of those injured, many due to the intervention of military forces who opened fire on the demonstrators.
Waiting for the UN meeting
Sky News quotes a health ministry official who speaks of at least 140 injured. An emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council is expected in the next few hours after yesterday the Sudanese general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan announced the dissolution of the Sovereign Council and declared a state of emergency in the country a few hours after the news of the ‘arrest of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and other civilian leaders of the transition authorities.
US appeal: restore transitional government
On the international front, the United States is calling for the “immediate and” unconditional “restoration of the transitional government in Sudan after the announcements arrived yesterday by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the protests against the military coup.
“The United States refuses the dissolution of the transitional government in Sudan by the security forces and calls for its immediate restoration without preconditions,” tweeted US Secretary of State Antony Blinken after the United States announced the suspension. aid for $ 700 million.