Sudan forces arrest protest leaders after deadly crackdown
Sudanese protesters close Street 60 with burning tyres and pavers as military forces tried to disperse a sit-in outside Khartoum’s army headquarters on Monday. – AFP pic, June 8, 2019.
SECURITY forces have arrested two prominent rebels and an opposition leader, aides today said, just days after a bloody crackdown stifled hopes for Sudan’s swift democratic transition. The men were arrested after they held meetings on Friday with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who was in Khartoum on a mission to revive talks between Sudan’s ruling generals and protest leaders on who should lead the country’s next governing body – a civilian or a soldier.
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