At least nine people were wounded on Wednesday when Sudanese forces used live ammunition to clear demonstrators from central Khartoum, a protest group said, and talks on forming a body to lead Sudan to democracy have been suspended for 72 hours.
Thousands of protesters continued to stage demonstrations on the first Friday of Ramadan outside army headquarters in Khartoum to demand that Sudan’s ruling Military Transitional Council (MTC) hand over power to a civilian authority.
In a Friday sermon delivered near the protest, Abdul-Rahman Hassan, a prominent preacher, urged the MTC to prosecute figures close to ousted President Omar al-Bashir for their alleged role in violence against protesters.
Sudan’s Transitional Military Council (TMC) has stressed the need to grant the leadership council (Sovereign Council) powers to impose a State of Emergency, declare war, take command of regular forces, and appoint governors of the provinces and ambassadors.
The council also stressed its adherence to defining the transitional period of two years
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 armed forces toppled autocratic president Omar al-Bashir as demanded by a months-long protest movement.
Les leaders de la contestation au Soudan ont accusé les généraux de chercher à retarder la transition du pouvoir vers le civil, et menacé de lancer un mouvement national de "désobéissance".
« Les formes de l’escalade sont (déjà) définies : poursuivre les sit-in et préparer un mouvement de désobéissance civile », a déclaré à la presse mercredi 8 mai l’un de ces leaders, Khaled Omar Youssef.
Il a jugé « décevantes » les réponses des généraux aux propositions de son groupe et estimé qu’elles risquaient de plonger le pays dans une « situation dangereuse ».
The main group spearheading protests in Sudan said on Tuesday that the country’s ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) had responded to its plans for an interim government structure, and it would announce its position once it had studied the reply.
Protesters whose months of street demonstrations helped force longtime President Omar al-Bashir from office last month have kept up their demands for change, calling on the military officers who took over to hand over power to civilians.
Alors qu'une manifestation sans précédent est prévue au Soudan le 25 avril, l'opposition soudanaise reste riche en tendances politiques variées qui tentent de cohabiter. Analyse d'une opposition comportant de multiples facettes.
Ils prévoient d’être plus d’un million à manifester dans les rues soudanaises ce jeudi 25 avril. Un rassemblement sans précédent, deux semaines après le renversement par l’armée du président Omar el-Béchir, qui rend difficilement compte des multiples facettes qui composent l’opposition soudanaise.
Le Conseil militaire au pouvoir au Soudan a annoncé sans le préciser « un accord sur la plupart des exigences » présentées par les leaders de la contestation lors d'une réunion mercredi, qui s'est achevée avec la démission de trois membres de ce Conseil.
L'ancien chef de l'État soudanais, destitué par l'armée, a été transféré dans la nuit de mardi à mercredi dans une prison de la capitale, Khartoum, a affirmé à la presse l'un de ses proches.
Omar el-Béchir « a été transféré la nuit dernière dans la prison de Kober à Khartoum », a indiqué mercredi 17 avril un membre de sa famille, s’exprimant sous le couvert de l’anonymat pour des raisons de sécurité.
Au lendemain de la destitution d'Omar el-Béchir au Soudan, le chef du Conseil militaire de transition désormais aux commandes du pays a renoncé au pouvoir vendredi soir et nommé un autre militaire pour lui succéder. Une décision accueillie par des scènes de joie des manifestants à Khartoum.
Awad Ibn Awf, le chef du Conseil militaire de transition qui dirige le Soudan depuis la destitution de Omar el-Béchir, a annoncé vendredi 12 avril sa démission, et le nom de son successeur, le général Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Abdelrahmane.
Protests have continued in Sudan despite President Omar al-Bashir's launch of year-long state of emergency last month.
As hundreds of protesters took the streets of Sudan's city of Omdurman, activists across the East African country called for sustained anti-government action to challenge emergency laws launched by President Omar al-Bashir last month.
The Sudanese opposition alliance announced on Monday that it will boycott the general elections scheduled in 2020 after the ruling party approved a new electoral law rejected by the alliance.
The alliance’s media secretary, Mohamed Diyauddin said: “Boycotting the elections is a political process par excellence, and the positive boycott programme aims, through political mobility, to clarify the flaws in the new electoral law and the futility of the electoral process.”
The opposition Sudanese Communist Party (SCP) dismissed reports about a political dialogue with the ruling National Congress Party (NCP), stressing they are committed to regime change strategy.
The head of the NCP political sector Abdel Rahman al-Khidir stated on Wednesday that his party has engaged a dialogue to bridge the gaps over the national dialogue process with the Sudanese Communist Party and left parties, as well as figures in the National Umma Party
The ruling National Congress Party (NCP) in South Kordofan state voiced its support to the re-election of President Omer al-Bashir for a new term in the election of 2020.
The decision was taken in the meeting of the NCP leadership in South Kordofan headed by the newly appointed governor Gen Ahmed Ibrahim Mufadal who is also the chairman of the ruling party in the troubled state.
"The meeting announced its support for the nomination of Marshal Omer al-Bashir for a new term in the elections of 2020," according to the official Sudan News Agency.
Sudan’s ruling National Congress Party (NCP) Saturday has called on all political parties to participate in the 2020 elections.
During a meeting with his party’s student sector, NCP political secretary Abdel-Rahman al-Khidir said the main objective of the 2020 elections is to make the ballot boxes the only means for the peaceful transfer of power.
He expressed his party’s readiness to run for the presidential and parliamentary elections, saying the 2020 elections must be held on its scheduled timeframe.
The Sudan Call forces will hold a four-day meeting in Paris to discuss the ongoing efforts for in the country and internal organizational issues, said Minni Minnawi the Secretary-General of opposition alliance on Tuesday.
In statements to Sudan Tribune, Minnawi said the opposition umbrella will start its meetings on 23 May and will conclude it on 27 May.
He explained that the meetings will discuss the statute of the Sudan Call and other regulations to organize the activities of its institutions.
