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Sudan’s intelligence agency on Wednesday denied recent media reports that it had .

“The intelligence service denies what some media forums have said regarding the banning of state officials from travel,” the Sudan News Agency (SUNA) reported the General Intelligence Service as saying in a statement.

“The service reiterates that it is working according to its tasks and duties specified by the , and emphasises that [banning officials from travel] is not one of its functions,” the statement read.

However, the statement did not say whether any other state body had banned the government officials from travelling.

On Wednesday, the Sudan Tribune news website reported that Salah Manna, a member of the government’s committee for “dismantling” the previous regime of President Omar al-Bashir, was prevented from travelling to Cairo from Khartoum Airport, though he was later permitted to board a flight.

Sudanese media sources earlier reported that eleven government officials had been banned from travel amid

Previous reports said that the government had sent the intelligence agency a strongly-worded letter of protest regarding the alleged ban.

Relations between Hamdok and Burhan deteriorated in the aftermath of , which was blamed on army elements loyal to former dictator al-Bashir, who was overthrown in 2019 following mass protests.

On Monday, Burhan said during a speech that Hamdok’s government had to resign in order for Sudan to resolve .