A demonstrator in Khartoum, Sudan, celebrates after Awad Ibn Auf, the former vice president and defense minister, stepped down as head of the transitional ruling military council on April 13, 2019. Another win for the protesters came Saturday afternoon when a curfew imposed by the military council — which many saw as a tactic to disperse the demonstrators — was canceled by its new leader, Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. Most Sudanese people have only known Bashir’s autocratic rule, and the rapid changes are thrilling, if confusing. No evidence has been made public to prove that Bashir was in custody — or even still in Sudan for that matter. [How a sax-playing soldier symbolizes the energy of Sudan’s protests]The United States, which repeatedly punished Bashir’s regime for alleged human rights violations, has been largely silent.

Source: Washington Post April 13, 2019 15:44 UTC