Africa Live: Sudan’s military coup as it happened -BBC

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Summary

  1. Military take over power
  2. Defence minister announces Bashir to be arrested
  3. There will be a two-year transition period
  4. A three-month state of emergency is put in place
  5. Main protest group rejects military takeover
  6. A 22:00 (20:00 GMT) curfew has been announced

Live Reporting

By Clare Spencer and Neil Arun

  1. Posted at 13:0213:02Scroll down to read how Sudan’s military coup unfoldedWe’ll be back tomorrowThat’s it from us on this historic day, as we’re closing the live page.We’ve been following every step as Sudan’s military took over from President Omar al-Bashir.Here’s how it happened:
    • The military announced at dawn that they would be making an important statement later that day
    • Protesters at a sit-in at the army headquarters had to wait until lunchtime for that announcement
    • Lt Gen Awad Mohamed Ahmed Ibn Auf announced on state TV that President Omar al-Bashir had been deposed
    • He added that the military would supervise a two-year transition period
    • Protesters rejected the army’s statement and called on people to stay at the sit-in until the military hand over to a civilian government
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  2. Posted at 12:3912:39Are military takeovers on the rise in Africa?One of the questions the military takeover in Sudan has brought up is whether coups are on the rise in Africa.Our colleagues at BBC Reality Check looked into this for us. The BBC’s Chistopher Giles reports that Africa has certainly had a high number of military takeovers, but this particular way of forcing change is, in fact, declining.In the four decades between 1960 and 2000, the number of coup attempts remained remarkably consistent at around 40 per decade.Since then there’s been a significant decline. In the 2000s there were 22 attempts, and in the current decade the number now stands at 17.BBCCopyright: BBCRead more: Sudan coup: Are military takeovers on the rise in Africa?