The apparent coup attempt comes at a time when Sudan is facing serious challenges with conflicts in the country 's peripheral provinces of Blue Nile , South Kordofan and Darfur . ` ` A plan of sabotage '' intended to destroy Sudan , the minister of defense says . Thirteen people were killed , he says , including a former army chief . Current members of the army and security agency were not involved in the plot , he says .
` ` A plan of sabotage '' intended to destroy Sudan , the minister of defense says . Thirteen people were killed , he says , including a former army chief . Current members of the army and security agency were not involved in the plot , he says .