Global Affairs Warns Against Travel to Sudan, Shuts Embassy Following Coup

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (C) waves a walking stick as he rides in the back of a pickup truck in an advancing motorcade in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur province, on Sept. 21, 2017. Ashraf Shazly/AFP/Getty Images

OTTAWA—Global Affairs Canada is warning Canadians to avoid all travel to Sudan after the country’s longtime leader was ousted in a military coup.

The military arrested Omar al-Bashir on Thursday following months of protests and unrest, and ordered a state of emergency.