Factbox: What is happening in Sudan?


  • World
  • Monday, 25 Oct 2021

People walk past burning objects lying on the streets of Kartoum, Sudan, amid reports of a coup, October 25, 2021, in this still image from video obtained via social media. RASD SUDAN NETWORK via REUTERS

(Reuters) - Members of Sudan's cabinet and a large number of pro-government party leaders were arrested on Monday in an apparent coup after weeks of tension between the military and a civilian government, political sources said.

Here is some background to the events.

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