Sudan coup leader fires ambassadors who opposed takeover
Several Sudanese ambassadors abroad vowed to resist Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan's military junta in Khartoum.
The leader of a military coup that overthrew Sudan’s civilian-led government on Oct. 25 dismissed several Sudanese ambassadors abroad after they publicly vowed to resist his takeover.
Sudan’s ambassadors to the United States, the European Union, the United Nations mission in Geneva, France, China and Qatar were all fired, Sudanese state television reported, a day after the envoys and others signed a public letter pledging loyalty to the deposed civilian-led government.
The ambassadors “condemned in the strongest terms the brutal military coup,” which their letter said violated Sudan’s 2019 pro-democracy revolution.
Their letter further stated that the envoys support the Sudanese peoples’ “heroic resistance” against the coup led by Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
