Sudan’s deposed prime minister allowed to return home
- It is not known if Abdallah Hamdok and his wife are free to move or make calls, and their house is ‘under heavy security’
- Coup leader General Abdel-Fattah Burhan earlier said that the PM had been held for his own safety
Sudan’s deposed prime minister and his wife were allowed to return home on Tuesday, a day after they were detained when the military seized power in a coup, according to a statement issued by his office.
The release of Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok and his wife followed international condemnation of the coup and calls for the military to release all the government officials who were detained when General Abdel-Fattah Burhan seized power on Monday.
The statement by Hamdok’s office said other government officials remained in detention, their locations unknown.
The deposed prime minister and his wife were under “heavy security” at home in the upscale Kafouri neighborhood of the capital Khartoum, said a military official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to brief the media. The official did not say whether they were free to leave or make calls.
Earlier in the day, Burhan said Hamdok had been held for his own safety and would be released. But he warned that other members of the dissolved government could face trial as protests against the putsch continued in the streets.
