Sudan coup: US threatens to cut off aid

Sudanese protesters streets

Sudanese demonstrators raise national flags as they take part in a protest in the city of Khartoum Bahri, the northern twin city of the capital, to demand the government's transition to civilian rule, on October 21, 2021. PHOTO | AFP

The US on Monday warned it could cut off more aid to Sudan’s transitional project after the military took over the government and detained Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok.

Jeffrey Feltman, the US special envoy for the Horn of Africa, warned the move by the military put at risk the support that Washington had channelled to the country, which until December last year was under US sanctions.