Just in: Coup attempt in Sudan fails… suspectes arrested

A coup attempt in Sudan this monring has failed and suspects ahve been arrested.

Sudanese authorities saud they contained a failed coup attempt and the situation has been brought under control.

Interrogation of suspects involved in the attempted coup was due to begin and the military would issue a statement shortly, spokesman Mohamed al-Faki Suleiman told Reuters.

Sudan has been on a fragile path to democratic rule since the military’s ouster of the country’s longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir in April 2019, following four months of mass protests.

The country is now ruled by a joint civilian and military government that faces towering economic and security challenges.