They were confronted by soldiers from the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries in the capital, with reports emerging of Central Reserve Police paramilitaries also being deployed ( Human Rights Watch, 29 October 2021 ). Following the arrest of the civilian Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and several prominent senior officials from the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC), demonstrators took to the streets across Khartoum.
The military coup d’état in Sudan on 25 October 2021 sent shockwaves across the region and through diplomatic circuits.
