KHARTOUM, Sudan - A leading Sudanese opposition party said Sunday it has refused a call by protest leaders for a two-day general strike, in a sign of divisions within the pro-democracy movement that is challenging military rule in Sudan. The opposition Umma Party said it opposes the “preparations and timing” of the strike. The party is a member of the Forces for the Declaration of Freedom and Change, an umbrella group representing protesters and opposition parties in the negotiations with the ruling military council. Protest leaders are hoping to force the military, which removed al-Bashir from power in April, to transfer power to a civilian-led authority. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOWShams al-Deen al-Kabashi, a spokesman for the military council, meanwhile said negotiations with the protest leaders are slow.

Source: thestar May 26, 2019 13:31 UTC