A former minister in Sudan’s civilian administration has been arrested in the latest crackdown on critics of the military government.
Khalid Omer Yousif and Wagdi Salih, another top official in the former administration, were arrested on Wednesday, according to their Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) coalition.
Mr Yousif was arrested at his party headquarters and taken to a police station in the capital Khartoum, the Reuters news agency reports.
Mr Salih tweeted that he was taken to the same station and then to Omdurman prison and was under investigation regarding a charge of “breach of trust”.
The two had previously been involved in a task force that seized property and fired bureaucrats linked to the regime of Omar al-Bashir, who fell to a popular uprising in 2019.
Since last year’s coup, Sudan’s security forces have made arbitrary arrests and violently dispersed pro-democracy protesters leading to deaths.
The military leaders last year seized power and arrested the civilian prime minister just a month before Sudan was scheduled to transition to a civilian head of state.
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Park rangers and soldier killed in Benin attack
A soldier and five park rangers have been killed in an attack by suspected Islamist militants in a national park in northern Benin.
At least 10 other people have been injured.
The ambush on Tuesday afternoon happened during a routine patrol in the W National Park, which straddles the borders of Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger.
All three nations have seen frequent attacks by militants linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group.
Extra troops from the Beninese army have been sent to the national park, which is managed by a South African wildlife charity.
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Source: BBC
