The Sudanese military, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, forcefully took over Sudan’s transitional government and placed the Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok under house arrest. After nearly two years of major reforms on human rights and democratic governance, the coup has the potential to destabilize the country. In particular, the coup puts the historic progress that Sudan had made recently on protecting religious freedom at grave risk and bodes ill for the rest of Africa,” writes Sean Nelson in Real Clear. Read the full article here.

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