Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Sudan’s protesters and ruling generals Wednesday inked a deal that aims to install a civilian administration, a key demand of demonstrators since president Omar al-Bashir was deposed in a coup three months ago. The move loosens a deadlock that has gripped the country, following nationwide mass …
Read More »Sudan general warns against vandalism ahead of mass protest
Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | A top Sudanese general Saturday warned he will not tolerate any vandalism at a planned mass protest, but insisted the ruling generals would hand power to a civilian administration. General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo’s warning came as the country’s umbrella protest movement called for a “million-man” march …
Read More »Sudan protest leader fears more violence at newly planned demos
Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | A prominent Sudanese protest leader has voiced fears of more violence against demonstrators at rallies this week, insisting the June 3 “massacre” at a Khartoum sit-in had been planned. Protest leaders have called for mass rallies against the military on Sunday, the first such nationwide call …
Read More »Sudan protesters accept Ethiopia proposal for political transition
Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Sudanese protest leaders on Saturday said they accepted the creation of a civilian-majority governing body for a political transition in Sudan as proposed by an Ethiopian envoy. The compromise blueprint suggests the creation of a 15-member governing body that would install a civilian administration — comprising …
Read More »Sudan protesters urge return to night-time rallies over ‘massacre’
Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | The Sudanese movement whose protests triggered the ouster of autocrat Omar al-Bashir called Monday on its supporters to renew night-time rallies to condemn the “massacre” of demonstrators at a Khartoum sit-in. Thousands of protesters who had camped outside the Khartoum military headquarters for weeks were violently …
Read More »Sudan military admits dispersing sit-in, says ‘mistakes happened’
Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Sudan’s ruling military council Thursday for the first time admitted it had ordered the dispersal of a Khartoum sit-in, which left dozens dead, as US and African diplomats stepped up efforts for a solution to the country’s political crisis. Protesters had staged the weeks-long sit-in outside …
Read More »Sudan protesters strike as deadlock with military persists
Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Thousands of workers went on strike across Sudan on Tuesday, leaving air and bus passengers stranded as protesters piled pressure on the military to hand power to a civilian administration. The leaders of an umbrella protest movement remain at loggerheads with army generals who ousted president …
Read More »Sudan protesters threaten civil disobedience after army delays
Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Sudanese protest leaders on Wednesday threatened to launch a nationwide campaign of civil disobedience after accusing the country’s military rulers of delaying the transfer of power to a civilian administration. Thousands of people remain camped outside the military headquarters in Khartoum nearly four weeks after the …
Read More »Sudan protesters volunteer money, food to fuel sit-in
Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Be it a morning coffee or a late night dinner, Sudanese protesters camping round-the-clock these last three weeks outside the army complex in Khartoum say they have everything covered. Make-shift clinics, tents and kitchens have sprung up across the sprawling site to cater for thousands …
Read More »Sudan protesters keep up campaign for civilian rule
Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Thousands of Sudanese protesters performed the weekly Muslim prayers outside army headquarters on Friday, a day after a vast crowd of demonstrators flooded Khartoum to demand the military rulers cede power. Protesters have massed outside the army complex in central Khartoum since April 6, initially to …
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