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Sudan: the road to the coup

AFP, 29 Oct 2021
Following weeks of tensions between military and civilian figures who agreed to share power more than two years ago, Sudanese armed forces detained civilian members of a governing council along with Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. The internet has been widely blocked, and shops are largely closed in Khartoum. Many civil servants are refusing to work until the transitional government is restored. How did Sudan arrive at this latest coup?
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