CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s military arrested President Omar al-Bashir, ousting him from power in the wake of escalating protests against his 30-year rule, the defense minister announced Thursday. He said the military will rule the country for the next two years with an emergency clampdown. Defense Minister Awad Mohammed Ibn Ouf appeared on state TV in military fatigues and announced that the military has removed and arrested al-Bashir. - via Getty Images Sudanese protesters rally in front of the military headquarters in the capital Khartoum on Thursday. Al-Bashir came to power in a 1989 coup, leading an alliance of the military and Islamist hard-liners.

Source: Huffington Post April 11, 2019 09:13 UTC