Sudan Coup - International Community Call for Restraint and Calm

11 April 2019

New York / Addis Ababa — The international community including the UN Secretary-General António Guterres, and African Union Commission chairman, Moussa Faki Mahamat, have called for restraint and calm in reaction to reports of today's military coup that ended the 30-year rule of Omar Al Bashir.

In a statement on Thursday following news of the arrest of Al Bashir, and the assumption of power by a military Supreme Security Committee, led by Sudanese Defence Minister, Lt Gen Awad Ahmed Ibn Auf, spokesman Stéphane Dujarric says: "The Secretary-General continues to follow the developments in Sudan very closely. He reiterates his call for calm and utmost restraint by all."

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