At least sixteen people killed by 'live ammunition', and over 20 wounded in Khartoum over the past two days - Sudan's police spokesperson
Earlier, the main protest organising group rejected the transitional military council's promise to set up a civilian government and hand over power to an elected president within two years.
But when the ouster was finally announced on Thursday in an address to the nation by the defence minister, it was met not with joy but anger. "Ironically, the prospects for democratic transition may be more remote than when Bashir was in power as there's no centre of power with which to negotiate," said Alex de Waal, executive director of the World Peace Foundation at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
Protesters were seen chatting with soldiers posted outside. They said their quarrel was with the commanders who had led the coup, not the rank and file. Since returning to Khartoum from self-imposed exile, Mahdi has allied his party with the grass-roots momentum driving the mass protests that preceded Thursday's coup.
The military council said it was declaring a ceasefire across the country, including in war-torn Darfur.
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