Sudan's ruling military has accused the protest movement of escalation as the second day of the opposition's general strike kicked in. Lieutenant General Jamaleddine Omar, from the ruling military council, said on Monday that by closing off roads and setting up barricades, the protesters committed a crime. It comes after weeks of protests to pressure the ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) to hand power over to a civilian-led government. "By using violence as an imperative, it [the military] left the civic society no option but to go through with civil disobedience. "The Transitional Military Council is not really serious about negotiating with civilians.

Source: Ethiopian News June 10, 2019 10:29 UTC