Ex-Sudan official detained as anti-coup protests continue

By SAMY MAGDY
Associated Press

CAIRO (AP) — A Sudanese political party says authorities have again arrested a former senior government official during a crackdown on anti-coup groups. The Unionist Alliance party said Mohammed al-Faki Suliman, ex-member of the ruling Sovereign Council, was detained in the capital of Khartoum. He was the latest in a series of former officials and activists to be detained in recent weeks. Meanwhile, one person was killed as thousands of people took to the streets around the country Monday to protest the October military coup. The takeover upended Sudan’s transition to democratic rule after three decades of international isolation under autocratic President Omar al-Bashir, who was removed from power in 2019 after a popular uprising.