“The military council decided to disperse the sit-in and a plan was made… but we regret that some mistakes happened,” spokesperson Shamseddine Kabbashi told reporters. Sudan rivals agree to new talks as protest strike ends: mediatorHe said the military would not allow any further protest camps to be set up near armed forces sites, after the sit-in outside army headquarters in central Khartoum was cleared. Thousands of protesters had held a round-the-clock sit-in outside the army complex since April 6, initially seeking the army’s help to oust longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir. Demonstrators continued with the sit-in even as they held negotiations with the generals over the form of a new governing body. Opposition medics said “Janjaweed militias” fired live ammunition at civilians on Monday at a market in Deleij, Central Darfur, killing 11 people and wounding 20 others.

Source: The Express Tribune June 14, 2019 09:45 UTC