UN calls for release of Hamdok

The UN's Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for the release of Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and all other detained officials.

In a tweet he wrote: "I condemn the ongoing military coup in Sudan. There must be full respect for the constitutional charter to protect the hard-won political transition."

Earlier, the European Union condemned the detention of Hamdok and other cabinet members.

"We call on the security forces to immediately release those they have unlawfully detained," EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a statement.