UN rights body holds urgent session in wake of Sudan coup
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights decried excessive use of force by security forces that has left at least 13 people dead
She expressed concern about “numerous” arrests and disappearances of civil society and protest leaders, journalists, and activists
Coup puts into question Sudan’s debt cancellation: France
The coup in Sudan puts into doubt the process that would have seen France cancel some $5 billion debt it was owed by the African country, France's foreign ministry said on Friday, the latest power to pressure military leaders who seized power.
France, Sudan's second-largest creditor, has been a main actor in backing the interim authorities after former President Omar al-Bashir was ousted in 2019, but the civilian transition was derailed in October when the military took control.