Breaking: Army To Probe Officers After Failed Coup Attempt

Sudanese authorities have contained a failed coup attempt and the situation has been brought under control, a member of the country’s ruling council told Reuters on Tuesday.

Interrogation of suspects involved in the attempted coup on Monday was due to begin and the military would issue a statement shortly, spokesman Mohamed Suleiman said.

A government source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the coup attempt had involved an effort to take control of state radio in Omdurman, across the river Nile from the capital, Khartoum.

Measures were being taken to contain a limited number of people involved, the source said.

A witness said that the military had used tanks to close a bridge connecting Khartoum with Omdurman early on Tuesday morning.

Sudan is being ruled under a fragile power-sharing deal between the military and civilians following the overthrow of former President Omar al-Bashir in April 2019.

Besides this latest failed coup attempt, transitional authorities have said they had foiled or detected previous coup attempts linked to factions loyal to Bashir.

 GreenWhiteGreen GWG reports that the coup attempt came after the head of the UN special political mission in the country, Volker Perthes told the UN Security Council a week ago that despite setbacks and challenges, Sudan continues its transition towards democracy,.

Perthes, head of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) said this while briefing the council at the UN headquarters, New York.

The UN correspondent of New Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Perthes briefed the Council on the authorities’ efforts to address violence in the volatile Darfur region and the east, the ongoing economic crisis, and other issues.

According to him, measures to address the crisis had included the launch of an initiative to shape consensus around key objectives such as military and security sector reform, the economy, justice and peace.

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