Sudanese protesters seek talks with military while calling on the army to back calls for President Bashir's resignation
Sudanese demonstrators chant slogans and wave their national flag during a protest demanding Sudanese President Omar al Bashir to step down outside the defence ministry in Khartoum, Sudan April 8, 2019.
In the meantime, the country's Defence Minister General Awad Ibnouf said the army will not allow the country to "fall into chaos." The group spearheading the protests on Monday appealed to the army for talks on forming a transitional government. Reading from a statement, he also called on the armed forces "to withdraw their support for a regime that has lost its legitimacy" and to support the "people's alternative for a transition to a civilian democratic government."Since protests erupted across Sudan in December agents of the powerful National Intelligence and Security Service and riot police have cracked down on demonstrators, but the army has not intervened.
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