Africa Business Radio

Sudan’s top general declared a state of emergency, dissolved the authorities leading the country’s democratic transition, and announced the formation of a new government after soldiers detained civilian leaders Monday in what activists denounced as a “coup”.General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s says to rectify the revolution’s course, they have decided to declare a state of emergency nationwide… dissolve the transitional sovereign council, and dissolve the cabinet.His statement came as clashes erupted in the capital Khartoum, with soldiers firing live rounds at people who took to the streets to protest against the power grab.