Members of #Sudan's cabinet and a large number of pro-government party leaders were arrested on Monday in an apparent coup after weeks of tension between the military and a civilian government. A worsening #economiccrisis that sent the currency plunging and created frequent #shortages of bread and fuel was the trigger for Bashir's downfall two years ago, as FRANCE 24's Catherine Viette reports. The transitional government has implemented harsh, rapid #reforms monitored by the International Monetary Fund in a successful bid for #debt relief and to attract foreign financing.

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