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May 19, 2019
Sudan’s military council has announced plans toresume talks with protest leaders, paving the way for the two sides to iron outdifferences over an interim body to steer the country towards democraticelections.
In a statement, the Transitional Military Council,TMC said negotiations with the Alliance for Freedom and Change will resume ontoday Sunday.
The two sides have been divided over the compositionof a transitional authority that will rule the country following the military’stoppling of longtime President Omar al-Bashir in the face of mass protests onApril 11th.
Both want majority representation on the sovereigncouncil, which would operate as the top tier of power during the plannedtransition period.
They had been expected to meet for negotiations overthe issue by the end of this week, but the TMC suspended talks with thealliance for 72 hours early on Thursday.