Sudan to open Khartoum airport to flights Wednesday
Civil aviation authority had earlier suspended flights until Oct. 30
KHARTOUM, Sudan
Sudan’s civil aviation authority will reopen Khartoum airport to flights on Wednesday after a one-day suspension.
“Flights will resume later on Wednesday after a temporary suspension,” the authority said in a statement cited by Asharq Business website.
The authority announced on Tuesday the suspension of flights to and from the airport until Oct. 30.
On Monday, Sudan’s military announced a state of emergency, dissolved the transitional sovereign council and the government, hours after detaining the country’s prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok, and ministers in his civilian government.
After a failed military coup last month, deep tensions erupted between the military and the civilian administration in Sudan amid recent rival protests.
Before the military takeover, Sudan was administered by a sovereign council of military and civilian authorities, which was overseeing the transition period until elections slated for 2023 as part of a precarious power-sharing pact between the military and the Forces for Freedom and Change coalition.
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