Now, the ruling council will have five civilians, five military leaders and an 11th member jointly agreed on. The agreement started to take shape at a secret meeting. Until then, the Saudis and Emiratis had openly backed Sudan’s military in its standoff with the civilians, apparently worried the revolution could set a dangerous precedent for their own autocratic rule. On Wednesday, protest leaders agreed to drop their preconditions and open a 72-hour window for talks, several officials said. Western and Sudanese officials say they expect that the leader of the transitional council, Gen Abdel-Fattah Burhan, will be appointed as Sudan’s interim leader.

Source: bd News24 July 06, 2019 04:41 UTC