Friday, July 12, 2019

Sudan's ruling militia says it's survived coup attempt

TOP general says plotters were trying to disrupt recent truce between army and protesters. “Officers and soldiers from the army and national intelligence and security service, some of them retired, were trying to carry out a coup,” Gen Jamal Omar of the ruling military council said in a statement broadcast live on state television. 

“The regular forces were able to foil the attempt.”  He did not say when the attempt was made.

Full story:  The Guardian UK by AFP in Khartoum, Thu 11 Jul 2019 23.04 BST
Last modified on Thu 11 Jul 2019 23.27 BST

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