Protesters in Sudan vowed to “continue our sit-in until we prevail' after the army announced it will preside over a transitional period.
Sudan’s army has forced Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir, who ruled the country with an iron fist for 30 years, to step down after months of nationwide protests.
The army’s seizure of power followed an apparent split within its ranks this week when some units sided with the protesters and protected them against security forces allied with the president. popular uprisingsThousands of Sudanese demonstrators cheer and hold up victory signs as they celebrate the end of Omar al Bashir's rule announced by the Defence Ministry in Khartoum, Sudan on April 11, 2019.
The army, the statement said, seeks to “to steal every drop of blood and sweat poured by the great Sudanese people in its revolution that has shaken the throne of tyranny.”“We are able to seize the fields and roads that we forcibly liberated until the handover of power to a civilian transitional government that reflects the forces of the revolution,” it stated.
While the US trade embargo had done considerable damage to Sudan’s economy, it took a major hit when Africa’s biggest nation split and the country of South Sudan came into being in 2011. Its oil-dependent economy witnessed a major blow as it lost 75 percent of its oil reserves with the secession of South Sudan.
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