Former Sudanese minister Khalid Omer Yousif arrested by security forces - party sources

FILE PHOTO: Former cabinet minister, Khalid Omer Yousif, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Khartoum, Sudan January 31, 2022. Picture taken January 31, 2022. REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddiq/File Photo

Khartoum (Reuters) - Former Sudanese officials Khalid Omer Yousif and Wagdi Salih have been arrested, their Forces of Freedom and Change coalition said in a statement on Wednesday.

Both have been outspoken in their opposition to an Oct. 25 military coup that ended a power-sharing deal with the coalition, and had previously been involved in a taskforce that seized property and fired bureaucrats linked to the regime of Omar al-Bashir, who fell to a popular uprising in 2019.