Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was deposed by the army on Thursday and consultations were under way to form a transitional council to run the country, drawing a line under three decades of autocratic power that included allegations of genocide.
Sudanese sources told Reuters that Bashir, 75, was at the presidential residence under"heavy guard." A son of Sadiq al-Mahdi, the head of the country's main opposition Umma Party, told al-Hadath TV that Bashir was being held with"a number of leaders of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group."
Government sources and the minister of production and economic resources in North Darfur, Adel Mahjoub Hussein, told Dubai-based al-Hadath TV that Bashir's presidency was over and consultations were being held on creating a ruling military council. Early on Thursday morning, state television said the military would make an announcement soon. But hours later no statement had been issued, amid reports of differences about the make-up of the transitional council.
Omar Saleh Sennar, a senior member of the Sudanese Professionals' Association, one of the main protest groups, said it was waiting for the army statement and expected to negotiate with the military over a transfer of power from Bashir."We will only accept a transitional civilian government," Sennar told Reuters.Some demonstrators, who have rallied against Bashir since Dec. 19, said they feared the delay would allow him to go into exile.
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