Thousands protest amid house arrest of Sudan PM

Sudan’s military has placed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok under house arrest after taking him to an unknown destination for refusing to approve a military takeover, according to the information ministry sources.

There were reports of the arrest of five other senior government officials, including Industry Minister Ibrahim al-Sheikh, Information Minister Hamza Baloul, and Mohammed al-Fiky Suliman, member of the country’s ruling transitional body, known as the Sovereign Council, as well as Faisal Mohammed Saleh, a media adviser to Hamdok and Ayman Khalid, governor of the state containing Khartoum.