Several Sudanese leaders were arrested at their homes and the government was dissolved, announced General Burhane, who heads the transition in Sudan, on Monday morning.

The transition started in 2019 after 30 years of dictatorship seems more compromised than ever in this East African country.

We take stock of what we know after this coup.

What happened ?

General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane announced Monday in a speech on state television the dissolution of the transitional authorities in power in the country since the fall of Omar al-Bashir in 2019. Until then, himself at the head of the Sovereignty Council - the highest authority of the transition composed of civilians and soldiers - General Burhane reiterated that he still wanted "a transition to a civil state and free elections in 2023", even if he relieved all the leaders of their functions.

In addition to the dissolution of the government and the Sovereignty Council, he announced the dismissal of prefects and ministers and declared a state of emergency throughout the country.

These events took place when almost all of the civilian leaders of the transition were in the hands of the military.

“Most of the ministers and civilian members of the Sovereignty Council were arrested (…) by military forces” before dawn, the Sudanese information ministry said earlier.

Among the leaders selected is Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok, taken with his wife to an unknown location after refusing to support the ongoing "coup".

The Prime Minister's office said in a text published in the middle of the day by the ministry "to place full responsibility for the life of Abdallah Hamdok on the army".

What are the reactions?

It is a "military coup", quickly affirmed the Association of Sudanese Professionals, one of the spearheads of the revolt of 2019. The Prime Minister's office called on the Sudanese population to "protest by all. possible peaceful means "against the" coup ".

With the union of doctors and banks, the Association of Professionals also called for civil disobedience in Khartoum plunged into chaos, without the Internet and with crowded streets wondering what new twist to expect in a country already shaken by a failed coup a month ago.

How did the population react?

Present in the street from Monday morning to protest against the arrests, demonstrators "refusing the military coup" came under fire "with live ammunition" from the armed forces in the center of Khartoum, according to the Ministry of Information.

At least 12 people were injured, according to an association of doctors.

This coup comes against a backdrop of heightened tensions between civilians and soldiers who are supposed to lead the country together towards elections in 2023.

Where do the tensions come from?

Power in Sudan has been shared since 2019 between a civilian government headed by Abdallah Hamdok and the Sovereignty Council responsible for leading the post-Bashir transition.

But the alliance between civilians and soldiers fizzled out.

While demonstrators have camped since October 16 in front of the presidential palace in Khartoum to demand a transfer of power to the military, others, supporters of a civilian regime, took to the streets of the capital by tens of thousands on Thursday to display their support for civilian leaders.

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