SUDAN NEWS ALERT: AP - US urges quick transition to civilian government in Sudan

8/5/19: AP – US urges quick transition to civilian government in Sudan

AP reports that the US has urged Sudan’s transitional military council to move “expeditiously” toward a civilian-led government, in an US State Department statement

US Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan “expressed support for the Sudanese people’s aspirations for a free, democratic and prosperous future” in a phone call with the head of the Sudanese military council, Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan.