As the wrangling with the army persisted, crowds of demonstrators flocked to the protest site in central Khartoum to join the thousands who have remained camped there round-the-clock for weeks.
KHARTOUM - Crowds of Sudanese demonstrators began converging outside the army headquarters in Khartoum on Thursday for a “million-strong” march to press for a civilian administration after talks with military rulers ran into trouble.
But protest leaders from the Alliance for Freedom and Change say the generals are not serious about handing power to civilians. It also demanded demonstrators open roads and bridges blocked by protesters who have remained outside the headquarters despite Bashir’s departure. In a bid to get their differing views across the military and protester leaders held separate news conferences Tuesday.
“If we provoke the... armed forces which contributed to the change, we would be asking for trouble,” said Mahdi, whose National Umma Party is part of the protest movement.The military council’s deputy head Mohammad Hamdan Dagolo has said it is “committed to negotiations but no chaos”.
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