Military's Grip on Power Challenged by Sudan Democracy Protests
- Flurry of appointments, resignations in post-Bashir government
- Popular protests prompt transitional council to end curfew
Demonstrators rally outside the army headquarters in Khartoum on April 13.
Photographer: Ahmed Mustafa/AFP via Getty Images
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Sudan’s transitional military council announced an end to a curfew and a commitment to hand power to a civilian government within two years, signaling that pro-democracy protests are weakening the army’s grip in the oil-producing African nation.
The moves on Saturday followed the decision of Defense Minister Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf to stand down as the head of the council less then two days after the military’s overthrow of Omar al-Bashir’s 30-year rule and just hours after veteran intelligence chief Salah Gosh resigned.