By Muhammed Osman and Max Bearak Max Bearak Africa bureau chief based in Nairobi Email Bio Follow April 11 at 7:18 AM KHARTOUM, Sudan — Thousands of protesters gathered outside the headquarters of Sudan’s military on Thursday in expectation that officials were going to announce a coup ending president Omar al-Bashir’s 30-year rule. The military said an announcement was imminent over state television and radio, and soldiers lined the capital city’s central streets and bridges.
The details of the apparent coup were unclear as was the future of a massive sit-in protest in the capital Khartoum as of Thursday morning. In anticipation of the army’s announcement, crowds assembled outside their headquarters in Khartoum chanted, “it has fallen, we have won.” Fighting between different factions of the security forces led to street battles, resulting in at least 11 deaths, including six members of the armed forces, the information minister said citing a police report. Dozens more were killed since protests began in mid-December, according to human rights groups.Over the past few days, Bashir has become increasingly isolated, as coalition partners of his ruling National Congress Party declined to join counter-protests in his support.
Through the waning years of his rule, Bashir diverted large quantities of the national budget to military spending, while inflation drove prices of flour and other basics up. The average Sudanese citizen is only 19 years old, and has lived their life entirely under Bashir.
Here we go again!!!!
See what happens when ppl stay out of other ppls business!!
Do American Scum bloody Hands in this Coup d‘eta?
The world will not rule the law of the jungle that they want to prevail and will not accept vanity, and will show the next stage that the Arabs when they want, they do and do what they want.
This should go over well.. here in the USA you just claim the president committed treason when you don’t want them in office.
Oh, so you can do this? Asking for a country.
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