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Cairo, Egypt | AFP |  African leaders at an emergency summit in Cairo urged Sudan’s military rulers on Tuesday to implement a democratic transition within three months, the Egyptian presidency said. Egypt and representatives from several other African nations gave Sudanese authorities and political actors three months “to implement peaceful… and …

Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Sudan’s new army rulers on Monday ordered protesters to dismantle their barricades on roads leading to the military headquarters as tensions grew after talks between the two sides broke down. The demand to reopen roads came a day after rally leaders suspended talks with the …

Sudan protest leaders suspend talks with army rulers Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Protest leaders on Sunday said they suspended talks with Sudan’s military council as they urged people to intensify their protest outside army headquarters in Khartoum and in other towns. “We will continue the sit-in and we are suspending …

Cash worth $113 mn seized at Bashir’s home: Sudan army ruler Khartoum, Sudan | AFP |  Sudan’s army ruler General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said Sunday that more than 113 million dollars worth of cash in three currencies has been seized from ousted leader Omar al-Bashir’s residence. He said a team …

Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Protest leaders were to hold talks Saturday with Sudan’s military rulers to seek a timetable for a transfer of power to a civilian administration, leading figures in the protest movement said. The talks come on the eve of the protest leaders’ planned announcement of a ruling …

Khartoum, Sudan | AFP |  After toppling veteran Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir and forcing his successor, General Awad Ibn Ouf, to step down, protesters have turned their wrath against the ruling military council. Who are the leaders of the protest movement which is now four months old, and what are …

Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Sudanese protest leaders have announced plans to unveil a civilian body to take over from the ruling military council as demonstrators thronged Friday outside army headquarters and Washington said it would send an envoy to encourage the transition. The military council, which took power after …

Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Sudan on Thursday marks one week since the army ousted president Omar al-Bashir after protests against his 30-year rule, but the “revolution” remains unfinished as demonstrators campaign against their new military leaders. On April 11, the army removed Bashir as tens of thousands of protesters …

  Kampala, Uganda | AFP |  Uganda would consider granting asylum to ousted Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, a state minister said Tuesday. “If Uganda is approached to grant asylum to Bashir it is an issue that can be considered at the highest …

Khartoum, Sudan | AFP |  Protests have been rocking Sudan for nearly four months, culminating in the toppling of president Omar al-Bashir last week after three decades of iron-fisted rule. But thousands of demonstrators have maintained their sit-in outside the army headquarters in Khartoum since April 6. At first they …