Urgent calls for civil-military dialogue and a flurry of international condemnations were issued on Monday after the ongoing coup in Sudan with the army's arrest of civilian leaders, which is causing great concern in the world.

The UN envoy to Sudan, Volker Perthes, said he was "very worried about the information about a coup", adding: "I call on the armed forces to immediately release those detained", of the arrests " unacceptable ”.

A transition agreement since 2019

The Arab League urged dialogue, expressing its "deep concern" and calling on "all parties to respect" the transitional power-sharing agreement established in 2019 after the overthrow of autocrat Omar al-Bashir, in a statement quoting its secretary general Ahmed Aboul Gheit.

The President of the Commission of the African Union, Moussa Faki, "has learned with deep dismay the serious development of the situation in Sudan", according to a statement from the pan-African organization.

He calls for "the immediate resumption of consultations between civilians and soldiers".

The United States, whose envoy for the Horn of Africa was still the day before in the office of Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok, now in detention, said they were "deeply worried", warning that "any change of the transitional government endangered American aid ”.

"Getting the Sudanese transition back on track"

The announcements of a seizure of power by the military go "against the constitutional declaration (which governs the transition in the country) and the democratic aspirations of the Sudanese people", tweeted the American envoy for the Horn of the Sudan. 'Africa, Jeffrey Feltman. The European Commission for its part called for the “rapid release” of the civilian leaders of the government of Sudan and “that the means of communication are not hampered to allow those in need to be reached”.

The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, called on the international community "to put the Sudanese transition back on track".

Deeming the information coming from Khartoum "appalling", Germany "clearly condemned" the coup attempt which "must cease immediately" to allow the continuation of a "peaceful political transition to democracy", according to a statement. by Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, calling for "dialogue" between political leaders.

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