Sudanese Christians reject the coup and call to pray for peace
from Evangelical Focus:
The army is in control again, two years after the overthrow of Omar al-Bashir. “It is very important to pray for peace and security for all in Sudan”, evangelicals say.
Sudan is once again experiencing tense and unstable times, after the army deposed Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok and the rest of the government.
The military has also dissolved the main government bodies in the country and is violently suppressing the popular protests that were organised immediately after the announcement of the coup d’état.
Nearly ten civilians have already died as a result of violence by the armed forces, and hundreds have been injured.
Sudanese army general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said in a speech from Khartoum that the military had already “gave all concessions possible” to reach an agreement with its civilian partners in the country’s transition following the overthrow of autocrat Omar al-Bashir in 2019.
Al Burhan justified his rejection of “all the proposals for a solution” because, he said, the other parties were too polarised in their approaches, and added that the military intervention was carried because they were afraid of “the disappearance of the country and civil war”.
He also stressed that he wants to complete the transition “with full civilian participation” and promised democratic elections by July 2023, a year later than the commitments made by the Sovereign Council that was formed after the fall of Al Bashir.
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