In a stunning twist of events on October 25, 2021, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who was in charge of the transitional authority and served as the supreme commander of armed forces, staged a coup against his own leadership. It is suspected that some members of the Sovereignty Council and various armed factions that had signed the Juba Peace Agreement might have been involved in the scheme. This goes against the constitutional document that was ratified on August 4, 2019, establishing the transitional government. The coup invalidated the constitutional document that governed the transitional period and dismantled its governing structures, including the Sovereignty Council, which was later reassembled. Since the coup, authorities have initiated a wave of violence against peaceful civilians who opposed the coup and continued their resistance using peaceful means.