A senior US diplomat on Tuesday urged Sudan’s top general to restore the country’s civilian-led Government as mediation efforts pressed on to resolve the civilian-military dispute that was capped by last week’s coup in the African nation.
US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffery Feltman said Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan should allow Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and his Cabinet to resume their work and release Government officials and politicians detained in connection with the takeover.
Hamdok has been under house arrest since the military takeover, led by Burhan, though he has been allowed to meet with visiting foreign mediators.