UN mission to Sudan issues emphatic rebuke amid apparent coup

The UN mission to Sudan has issued an emphatic rebuke amid an apparent coup and said that the reported detentions of the PM and government officials are “unacceptable”.

The United Nations Mission to Sudan has issued an emphatic rebuke of what it called an ongoing coup and attempts to undermine the northeast African nation's fragile democratic transition.

The first reports about a possible military takeover began trickling out of Sudan before dawn on Monday.