VIOLENT street protests have erupted in Sudan after the country’s military staged a coup and arrested the Prime Minister.
Soldiers arrested most of the members of the cabinet and a large number of pro-government party leaders with Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok placed under house arrest.
Troops arrested four cabinet ministers, one civilian member of the ruling Sovereign Council, and several state governors and party leaders.
Forces from the military and from the powerful, paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, who are led by a ruthless former warlord, are stationed in the streets in Khartoum.
"Civilian members of the transitional sovereign council and a number of ministers from the transitional government have been detained by joint military forces," the information ministry said.
"They have been led to an unidentified location."
In response, the country's main pro-democracy group and the largest political party urged people to take to the streets.
The Sudanese Professionals Association, an umbrella group of trade unions which were key ending the rule of dictator Omar al-Bashir in 2019, denounced what it called a "military coup" and urged demonstrators "to fiercely resist" it.
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