By AFPMore by this AuthorKHARTOUM,Sudanese security agents have detained a prominent newspaper editor after he made televised comments on President Omar al-Bashir's decision to impose a state of emergency and dissolve the government, his brother said Saturday. Osman Mirghani, editor-in-chief of independent daily Al-Tayar, was taken away by security agents from his office late on Friday, Ali Mirghani told AFP. He said security agents detained his brother soon after his comments on Mr Bashir's latest measures to quell weeks of protests against his three-decade-old rule. "Soon after the president announced the emergency, my brother was speaking about it on an Arab channel," he said. Late on Friday, President Bashir declared a state of emergency across the country in an attempt to quell the demonstrations.

Source: Daily Nation February 23, 2019 10:07 UTC