When Sudan’s military removed leader Omar al-Bashir in 2019, it started receiving aid that is now under threat

State television broadcast patriotic songs as it announced the coup attempt and urged “the people to confront it”.

The government of South Sudan will have to cope with serious shortages in many areas, despite its bountiful oil reserves.

Omar al-Bashir has said he would take no part in foreign peace talks after South Sudan secedes from the north at the weekend.