Sudan’s ruling council head, Gen. Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-Burhan, announced a countrywide state of emergency on Monday and said he was dissolving the transitional sovereign council and the government. The announcement came hours after Sudan’s military arrested acting Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, members of the Transitional Sovereignty Council’s civilian component, and several ministers. In a televised appearance on Monday, al-Burhan announced that he was dissolving the country’s ruling Sovereign Council, as well as the government led by Hamdok, CBS reports. He added that a new government of technocrats would rule until elections are held in 2023. The army general said this was being done as a way of “rectifying the course of the revolution.” The country’s information ministry said on Facebook that Prime Minister Hamdok had been placed under house arrest by military forces who were pressuring him to release a “pro-coup statement.” After refusing to endorse the coup, Hamdok and his wife were …