Hashim Abdel Muttalib Ahmed Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/hashim-abdel-muttalib-ahmed/ The low down on African affairs Wed, 24 Jul 2019 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Hashim Abdel Muttalib Ahmed Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/hashim-abdel-muttalib-ahmed/ 32 32 Army chief among those arrested following attempted coup in Sudan https://jjcornish.com/2019/07/army-chief-among-those-arrested-following-attempted-coup-in-sudan/ Wed, 24 Jul 2019 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2019/07/army-chief-among-those-arrested-following-attempted-coup-in-sudan/ Sudan’s army chief and the head of the armoured division are among officers retired and serving and politicians arrested in connection with a failed coup attempt earlier this month. The announcement by the military junta in Khartoum comes as talks between the generals and pro-democracy civilians about a power-sharing agreement drag. ends intro The Transitional […]

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The announcement by the military junta in Khartoum comes as talks between the generals and pro-democracy civilians about a power-sharing agreement drag.

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The Transitional Military Council says the arrested officers and politicians were bent on restoring the regime of President Omar Al Bashir they overthrew in April.

Army chief Hashim Abdel Muttalib Ahmed is the most senior officer now in custody.

The generals will remain in control  for 21 months of a a power-sharing period to be followed by 18 months of civilian rule ahead of democratic elections.

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