It comes just days after Monday’s crackdown by men in military fatigues on a weeks-long sit-in that left dozens of demonstrators dead. Opposition medics say 113 people were killed in the storming of the camp and subsequent security crackdown. Following Monday’s brutal crackdown, chances of a quick democratic transition appear remote as protest leaders now insist that talks with the generals could resume only if they meet certain conditions. “The Transitional Military Council has to admit the crime it committed,” Omar Al Digeir, a prominent protest leader told reporters on Friday after meeting Abiy. Protest slogans - “freedom, peace, justice” and “civilian rule, civilian rule” - which once rang out across Khartoum are nowhere to be heard.

Source: Ethiopian News June 08, 2019 12:22 UTC