3 members of Sudan military council quit

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Muawia Shaddad (L) and Omar el-Digeir (R), two of the leaders from Sudan’s protest movement led by the Alliance for Freedom and Change, give a press conference in Khartoum

Three members of Sudan’s 10-man ruling army council have resigned as the protest leaders insisted on civilian rule.

According to a statement by the council, the officers were Lieutenant General Omar Zain al-Abdin, Lietenant General Jalaluddin Al-Sheikh and Lieutenant General Al-Tayieb Babikir.

The announcement on state media came after a spokesman of the junta said the council had reached “agreement on most demands” with protest leaders who have called for a million-strong march to demand a civilian government.

The 10-member military council had invited the protest leaders for a meeting after the leaders suspended talks with the army rulers on Sunday.

“We have an agreement on most demands presented in the document of the Alliance for Freedom and Change,” Lieutenant General Shamseddine Kabbashi,…



Source: News Agency of Nigeria