Sudan: 1989 Sudan Coup Investigation - Islamist Leader Arrested

12 December 2019

Khartoum — On Wednesday, the Sudanese prosecution authorities arrested Ibrahim El Sanousi, head of the Shura Council of the Popular Congress Party (PCP), for his role in the military coup on June 30, 1989.

During his arrest, El Sanousi said he considered the move "a beginning of the fall of the government of the Forces for Freedom and Change", calling on his party's membership to go out in protest marches or demonstrations during this month.

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