Omar al-Bashir has been arrested in the wake of escalating protests against his 30-year rule.
, ousting him from power in the wake of escalating protests against his 30-year rule, the defense minister announced Thursday. He said the military will rule the country for the next two years with an emergency clampdown.
But the announcement that finally came appeared to confirm the fears of many protesters that the military would shrug off demands for a civilian transition. He also announced that the military also suspended the constitution, dissolved the government, declared a state of emergency for three months, closed the country’s borders and airspace and imposed a night curfew for one month.
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