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Sudanese general ignored US warning as army rolled out coup plan

Sudan's Sovereign Council Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan addresses delegates after signing a declaration of principles between Sudanese Transitional government and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, in Juba, South Sudan. [Reuters]

Hours before Sudan's army seized power and dissolved its government, a senior US envoy warned the country's top general not to take any steps against the civilian administration that was overseeing a democratic transition, diplomats said.

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