{"id":406898,"date":"2021-09-21T07:41:45","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T07:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=406898"},"modified":"2021-09-21T07:41:45","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T07:41:45","slug":"failed-coup-attempt-in-sudan-state-media-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/failed-coup-attempt-in-sudan-state-media-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Failed coup attempt in Sudan, State media reports"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Khartoum:-An attempted coup in Sudan “failed” early Tuesday, state media reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“There has been a failed coup attempt, the people should confront it,” state media reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A top government source said the plotters had attempted to take over the state media building but “they failed”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A senior military source said a group of officers “were involved in the attempt but were immediately suspended.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Traffic appeared to be flowing smoothly in central Khartoum on Tuesday, including around army headquarters, where months of mass protests prompted the ouster of veteran president Omar al-Bashir in a palace coup two years ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sudanese security forces did however close the main bridge across the Nile connecting Khartoum to its twin city Omdurman.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sudan is currently ruled by a transitional government composed of both civilian and military representatives that was installed in the aftermath of Bashir’s April 2019 overthrow and is tasked with overseeing a return to full civilian rule.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Deep political divisions and chronic economic problems inherited from the Bashir regime have overshadowed the fragile transition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In recent months, the government has undertaken a series of tough economic reforms to qualify for debt relief from the International Monetary Fund.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The steps, which included slashing subsidies and a managed float of the Sudanese pound, were seen by many Sudanese as too harsh.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sporadic protests have broken out against the IMF-backed reforms and the rising cost of living.<\/p>\n

Source: AFP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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