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Newsday: 25/10/2021 04:06 GMT : Sudan: Coup attempt reportedly underway

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25/10/2021 04:06 GMT : Sudan: Coup attempt reportedly underway

Sudan: Coup attempt reportedly underway

BBC World Service - Newsday, Sudan: Coup attempt reportedly underway

Reports say the home of the Prime Minister, Abdalla Hamdok, is besieged by troops

Several ministers from Sudan's transitional government have reportedly been arrested.

Reports have been coming in of an apparent coup attempt in Sudan. Unidentified soldiers have surrounded the home of the civilian prime minister and placed him under house arrest. There have been major demonstrations in past weeks in support both of the civilian and military elements of the transitional council which has headed the country since the overthrow of Omar al-Bashir. We have the latest.

Fresh allegations against the Saudi Government and how it pursues its opponents - a former intelligence officer has spoken of being targeted for assassination. 

And more on the escalation of the military offensive by Ethiopian federal forces and their allies in Tigray region.

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