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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Top general says military to leave Sudan political talks

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Sudan's leading general said Monday the country's military will withdraw from negotiations meant to solve the ongoing political crisis after a coup last year, allowing civil society representatives to take their place.

In televised statements aired on Sudan’s state television, Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan also promised that he will dissolve the sovereign council that he leads after a new transitional government is formed. The council has governed the country since the military took power in a coup last year.

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