Tense quiet after Sudan coup, protesters block some roads
The Hindu
Protesters called for a mass march Saturday to press demands for a return to civilian rule.
Pro-democracy protesters blocked some roads in Sudan's capital with makeshift barricades and burning tires Tuesday, a day after the widely denounced by the international community.
The prime minister and other senior officials in the transitional government who were arrested Monday by the military continued to be held at a military camp outside Khartoum, the capital.
The military takeover threatened to derail Sudan's fragile transition to democracy, which had been underway for the past two years. The United Nations Security Council was to discuss the situation in a closed-door meeting later Tuesday.
Intelligence failure and security lapses led to attack on Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy, say senior police officers. The rope party was not close to the Chief Minister, and the Special Branch and Intelligence officers failed to unravel the conspiracy, they allege; court grants three days police custody to the accused. Court grants three days police custody to the accused.