Accord on civilian-military council in Sudan

khartoum — Sudan’s protest leaders and army rulers agreed on Saturday to establish a joint civilian-military ruling council, a major breakthrough in talks between the two sides over demonstrators’ demands for a handover to civilian rule.

The agreement on the highly disputed issue came as thousands of protesters remain encamped outside the military headquarters since the army ousted longtime leader Omar Al Bashir on April 11, demanding that the army rulers step down.

“We agreed on a joint council between the civilian and the military,” one of the leaders of the protest campaign, said Ahmed Al Rabia, who was involved in the talks.

“We are now in consultation about what percentage of the council should be represented by civilians and how much by the military.” —