Security agents briefly detain opposition officials in Khartoum

Sudan’s security agents on Tuesday evening briefly arrested eight members of the opposition Sudanese Congress Party after storming the party’s headquarters in Umbada, a senior party official said.

Sudan’s security agents on Tuesday evening briefly arrested eight members of the opposition Sudanese Congress Party after storming the party’s headquarters in Umbada, a senior party official said.

The spokesman of the Sudanese Congress Party, Mohammed Arabi, said in a statement that said their members were picked while attending a program organized to create awareness on cholera prevention.

Arabi further said the party officials who were detained for some hours included Al-Fateh Omer, the former party chairperson, Jalal Mustapha and Mawahib Majzub Ownsa among others.