People leave a mosque where Sudan’s top opposition leader and former premier attended Friday prayers in the capital Khartoum’s twin city, Omdurman. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images)The top U.S. diplomat for Africa pushed Friday for Sudan to carry out an “independent and credible” investigation into a June 3 military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters that left scores dead. The Transitional Military Council acknowledged late Thursday that it had given the order for the sit-in to be cleared and admitted that some excesses had taken place. Tibor Nagy, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for Africa, talks about Sudan at a news conference in the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethi­o­pia. (Tiksa Negeri/Reuters)The council said it was carrying out its own investigation and would announce the results Saturday, rejecting an international role.

Source: Washington Post June 14, 2019 16:08 UTC