In a statement, the ministry said that Blinken reiterated his demand for the Sudanese armed forces to release all detained civilian leaders.
Hamdok’s office stated, on Tuesday, that he and his wife were returned this evening to their residence in Khartoum, following international pressure and demands for his release.
The office said that Hamdok is “under heavy guard”, adding that “a number of ministers and political leaders are still under arrest in unknown locations,” after the army arrested all civilian leaders in Sudan and dissolved institutions on Monday.
On Tuesday, the commander of the Sudanese army, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, defended the armed forces’ control of power, saying that he had overthrown the Hamdok government to avoid a civil war, while protests took place in the streets to condemn the army’s move in the wake of bloody clashes.
In his first press conference after declaring the state of emergency, Al-Burhan said that the army had no choice but to expel politicians who incite against the armed forces.
He said: “The dangers that we witnessed in the past week could have led the country into civil war.”
Al-Burhan said that Hamdok, who was arrested on Monday with a number of members of the government, was not harmed and that he is in the Al-Burhan house.
He added: “Hamdouk is a guest in my house, not a detainee, and he will return to his home after things calm down… Hamdok is in my house to protect him from restrictions imposed on him by political forces.”
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