KHARTOUM — Sudan’s coup leader
Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan said
Monday the army would make way for a civilian government and would “not
participate” in talks facilitated by the UN and regional blocs.
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The decision was taken “to make room for political
and revolutionary forces and other national factions” to form a civilian
government, months after the October coup ousted civilians from a transitional
administration.
Widespread
international condemnation and aid cuts followed the putsch, the latest in the
impoverished northeast African country.
“The armed forces will not stand in the way” of
democratic transition, Burhan said in a televised address, affirming the
military’s commitment to working towards “elections in which the Sudanese
people choose who will govern them”.
In the weeks following the coup, the military and
civilian leaders had promised general elections in July 2023.
Protests demanding an end to military rule have
continued in the
Khartoum area since Thursday, when mass demonstrations by tens
of thousands — an intensification of near-weekly protests — were met by the
deadliest violence so far this year.
Pro-democracy medics said nine demonstrators were killed,
bringing to 114 the number killed in the crackdown against anti-coup protesters
since October.
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