SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources - Sudan's military council head says suspends talks with protesters for 72 hours
16/5/19: Multiple sources - Sudan's military council head says suspends talks with protesters for 72 hours
In a televised announcement, leader of the Transitional Military Council (TMC) Lt. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, declared that the military council has decided to put talks on hold for 72 hours.
al-Burhan accused protestors of breaking an understanding on de-escalation whilst talks were ongoing. The TMC leader also accused protestors of causing disruption to life in Khartoum through the road blockages erected outside of agreed upon protest zones.
The Declaration of Freedom and Change Forces deemed the temporary suspension of talks with protestors as ‘a regrettable setback to efforts to forge a new democratic era’.
Violent unrest has been rife in Khartoum in the past few days and at least 9 people are known to have been wounded, after being fired at with live ammunition by armed forces in efforts to disperse protestors.