SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune – Arrests of government and political leaders in Sudan

25/10/2021: Sudan Tribune – Arrests of government and political leaders in Sudan

Sudan Tribune report that the military component arrested senior government officials and leaders of the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC), amid reports about the expected suspension of the Constitutional Document.

Military forces arrested Mohamed al-Faki, a member of the Sovereign Council and head of the Empowerment Removal Committee, Khaled Omer, Minister of Cabinet Affairs, Yasir Arman, political advisor to the Prime Minister, Ibrahim al-Sheikh, Minister of Industry, in addition to Faisal Mohamed Saleh, a media advisor to the Prime Minister.

Among the political leaders are arrested: Wajdi Saleh, a member of the Empowerment Removal Committee, Omer al-Digeir, the head of the Sudanese Congress Party, Mohamed Nagi al-Asam, a leading member of the Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA), al-Sadiq Urwa, a leading member of the National Umma Party, Gaafar Hassan, the FFC spokesman, and Alrayeh Sanhouri, an FFC leading member.