Sudanese opposition warns 'some Arab countries' against interference

A Sudanese opposition group has called on "some Arab countries" to stop supporting the military council in a message seemingly aimed at Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt.

"We ask that some Arab countries lift their hands from Sudan and stop supporting the Military Council and consolidating the pillars of its rule with the aim of preserving it and protecting their own interests that are harmful to the Sudanese state and its citizens," said the Democratic Alliance of Lawyers, which is part of the Sudanese Professionals' Association, according to Reuters.

The UAE and Saudi Arabia pledged $3 billion in financial and material support to Sudan in late April.

Transitional Military Council Head Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo have ties to the two Gulf states through the participation of Sudanese troops in the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen's civil war. Burhan visited the UAE and Egypt last month and Dagalo, visited Saudi Arabia in May.