Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok, who was ousted in a military coup in Sudan, has been returned to his home, according to his staff.
He is there with his wife and is being heavily guarded, Hamdok's office announced in a statement on the Ministry of Information's Facebook page.
It is unclear how freely Hamdok can move around.
The coup on Monday came after many weeks of protests and political crisis in the East African country. Hamdok had led a transitional government together with military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan since August 2019.
Earlier, the EU had threatened to stop its development aid payments to the coup plotters.
The United States has already temporarily suspended aid to the tune of 700 million US dollars.
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called for the reinstatement of the civilian government, saying Germany would otherwise not continue its support under these conditions.
On Monday, General al-Burhan announced the ousting of civilian government members and imposed a nationwide state of emergency. The whereabouts of Hamdok was initially unclear, before al-Burhan said on Tuesday he had been held temporarily at the general's home "for his own safety."
The European Union and the United Nations have called for Hamdok's immediate release.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken welcomed Hamdok's "release," according to the ministry's spokesperson Ned Price on Tuesday evening.
"The secretary welcomed the prime minister’s release from custody and reiterated his call on Sudanese military forces to release all civilian leaders in detention and to ensure their safety," Price wrote in a statement.
Source: DPA
