Foreign Policy posted on 26 October 2021 an analysis titled "Sudanese General Blew Off Final U.S. Effort to Avert Power Grab" by Robbie Gramer.
The article describes the visit last week to Sudan by US Special Envoy Jeffrey Feltman and his efforts to avert a power grab by Sudan's military. Within hours of his departure, Sudanese General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan arrested civilian Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and seized power in Khartoum.