Hamdok’s Khartoum home appeared to be surrounded by the military early Monday local time, according to images from the scene.
Multiple government ministers and officials have been arrested, the Information Ministry said, as well as witnesses to the arrests. Military forces also stormed Sudan’s state broadcaster in the nearby city of Omdurman and detained workers, the ministry added.
The ministry said Sudan’s leader is under pressure to release a statement in “support of the takeover” but had called on the people to take to the streets in protest.
“Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, in a message from his house arrest, asks the Sudanese to adhere to peaceful (means of protest) and occupy the streets to defend their revolution,” the ministry said in the Facebook post.
CNN could not independently verify the claims, however family members said the Minister of Information was one of several senior officials detained.
Among those arrested by “joint military forces” include various civilian ministers of Sudan’s transitional government and members of Sudan’s sovereign council, the Information Ministry said.
“Members belonging to the civilian component of the Transitional Sovereign Council and a number of ministers of the transitional government were arrested by joint military forces and taken to unknown destinations,” the statement added.
Flights from Khartoum International Airport have also been suspended, a Civil Aviation Authority source told CNN, while the Ministry of Information said internet services had been “cut off from mobile phone networks and bridges were closed by military forces.”
Internet monitoring site NetBlocks confirmed internet connectivity was “severely disrupted” in Sudan on Monday, “manifesting in a telecommunications blackout for many.”
“Real-time network data show national connectivity at 34% of ordinary levels; incident ongoing,” NetBlocks added.
A source in Khartoum told CNN calls are not connecting for people in Sudan and the internet is…
Source : cnn
