Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the level of risk of a further coup in Sudan.

We remain concerned at the political crisis, instability and continued violent repression of protesters in Sudan following the military coup in October 2021. Sudan has a long history of extra-constitutional changes of government, often instigated by elements of the military, but our focus is on supporting the UN facilitated talks that aim to see a negotiated end to the crisis and a return to the path to democracy. Ministers, British Embassy staff in Khartoum and senior FCDO officials continue to call on all Sudanese actors, particularly the military, to engage in talks and deliver the Sudanese people's demands for freedom, peace and justice.