Sudan general declares state of emergency after PM arrested in apparent coup

A man shouts slogans during a protest in Khartoum, Sudan (New Sudan NNS via AP)

Sudan’s leading general has declared a state of emergency, hours after his forces arrested the acting prime minister and disrupted the internet in an apparent coup as the country was nearing a planned transition to a civilian leadership.

In a televised address, General Abdel-Fattah Burhan announced that he was dissolving the country’s ruling Sovereign Council, as well as the government led by Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok.