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April 24, 2019
The Head of Sudan’s Military Transitional CouncilLieutenant General Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan has said that the army willnot use force against protesters who want it to leave power.
Burhan spoke as African leaders extended theirultimatum for the military to organise a return to civilian rule. The army hadwarned it would remove protesters camped outside its headquarters in thecapital, Khartoum. He added that the military had taken control to ensuresecurity in the country.
Lieutenant General Burhan added that he is willingto hand over power within days if a consensus can be reached with civilian groups.
Meanwhile, African leaders meeting in Egypt haveagreed to extend the African Union’s, AU fifteen-day deadline, for theTransitional Military Council to give power to civilians, to three months.
Failure to meet the AU’s deadline could see Sudansuspended from the continental body, a situation that would complicate itspolitical and economic crisis.