KHARTOUM - Sudan's protest leaders Wednesday agreed to hold direct talks with the country's ruling generals after African Union and Ethiopian mediators called on the two sides to resume stalled negotiations to form a new governing body. On Tuesday the mediators called on the generals and protest leaders to resume talks on Wednesday. The ruling military council that seized power after the army's ouster of Bashir has still not responded to the plea for talks by the mediators. The ruling military council insists it did not order the violent dispersal of the sit-in. On Monday protest leaders upped the pressure on the generals by calling for a similar mass protest on July 13, to be followed by a nationwide civil disobedience campaign a day later.

Source: Ethiopian News July 03, 2019 15:56 UTC