File- Sudanese protesters use burning tyres to erect a barricade on a street, demanding that the country's Transitional Military Council hand over power to civilians, Khartoum, Sudan June 3, 2019. REUTERS/StY
CAIRO - 23 November 2021: United Nations Spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Tuesday that the UN is confirming the need to protect the constitutional system and basic freedoms of political action in Sudan.
Commenting on reaching an agreement by the Sudanese partners, he added that the Sudanese partners in the current transitional phase need to tackle pending issues while respecting human rights and the sovereignty of the law.
Sudan is witnessing political unrest after Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan dissolved the Sudanese Sovereignty Council along with the government.
He added that some articles of the constitutional document for the transitional period in Sudan will be suspended; however, ‘they will remain committed to the 2020 Juba Peace Agreement”
Army troops have arrested Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Monday and moved him to an unknown place, the Sudanese Ministry of Information said in a statement.
In an earlier statement by the ministry on Thursday, it said that joint armed forces placed Hamdok under house arrest.
The ministry said Hamdok called on Sudanese people in a statement to adhere to peacefulness and rush to the streets to defend their revolution.
Joint armed forces also stormed the Sudanese Radio and Television headquarters in Omdurman and detained a number of workers, according to the ministry.
The ministry also noted that the forces closed bridges and blocked the internet from mobile phones.
The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement Monday saying, "Egypt is closely following the latest developments in Sudan," and calling upon all parties in neighboring Sudan to prioritize the higher interest of the homeland as well as national consensus, within the framework of responsibility and self-restraint.
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