The internet is down in Sudan as demonstrators gathered on the streets to protest the arrests, media reports say.Sudan’s military has placed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok under house arrest and detained members of the civilian government.
Several civilian leaders of the ruling coalition of the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) were arrested early on Monday morning in the capital Khartoum, officials of the group said.
There was no immediate comment from the military. Sudanese state TV broadcast as normal.
Witnesses said internet services appeared to be down in the capital Khartoum and rest of the country.
A military force also stormed the house of the prime minister’s media adviser and arrested him early on Monday, family sources told Reuters news agency.
Unidentified Sudanese military forces reportedly arrest four cabinet ministers and one civilian member of the ruling sovereign council, local media said.
Sudanese Professionals Association called upon Sudan’s people to take to the streets to “resist” any military coup, the association statement said.
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