Image Credit: AFPKhartoum: Sudan’s ruling generals and protest leaders began a second day of talks Thursday on the unresolved issue of forming a new governing body, in negotiations held after weeks of standoff following a deadly crackdown on protesters. Tensions further surged between the generals and protest leaders after a deadly pre-dawn raid on a longstanding protest camp in Khartoum on June 3 killed dozens of demonstrators and wounded hundreds. Three generals from the ruling military council, including the deputy chief Mohammad Hamdan Dagalo, attended Thursday’s talks with six protest leaders. Protest leaders meanwhile have exerted pressure on the generals since the June 3 raid on the mass sit-in outside army headquarters. Protest leaders have further 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 04, 2019 22:07 UTC