A crackdown early this month by Sudan's military rulers against protesters demanding civilian rule left dozens dead and prompted an international outcry.
With the two sides agreeing Tuesday to resume talks after a bitter standoff, here is a look at how events unfolded.On April 20, the military council that ousted autocratic president Omar al-Bashir nine days earlier begins talks with leaders of a nationwide anti-government protest movement that erupted in December.The protest leaders are demanding a transition to a civilian government following Bashir's three decades in power.
On June 3, troops and paramilitaries move in on protesters who have been camped outside the army headquarters in Khartoum since April 6. Rapid Support Forces personnel, militia originating from the 16-year-old war in the western region of Darfur, are accused of carrying out atrocities, including attacks on hospitals.
However on June 5 the military says it is open to negotiations"with no restriction". Protest leaders refuse.The African Union suspends Sudan on June 6 and demands the establishment of a civilian-led transition authority to resolve the crisis. In the capital, riot police fire gunshots in the air and tear gas before clearing the makeshift barriers.Four people are killed in clashes - two in Khartoum and two in Omdurman, just across the Nile river.
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