Soldiers killed at least three people and wounded 80 as street protests broke out against the coup. Sudan’s military seized power from a transitional government on Monday. The leader of the takeover, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, dissolved the military-civilian Sovereign Council that had been set up to guide the country to democracy following the overthrow of long-ruling autocrat Omar al-Bashir in a popular uprising two years ago. Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok was detained and taken to an undisclosed location after refusing to issue a statement in support of an apparent coup, said the information ministry, which was still…
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