Talks between the two sides collapsed in May following a disagreement over who should lead an overall new governing body -- a civilian or a soldier.
Members of the Sudanese Military Council and the protest movement the Alliance for Freedom and Change meet at the Corinthia Hotel in the capital Khartoum on July 3, 2019. Picture: ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP
Sudan has been rocked by a political crisis since the army ousted longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir in April on the back of widespread protests, with the ruling generals resisting demonstrators’ demands to hand power to a civilian administration. Talks finally resumed Wednesday after intense mediation by Ethiopian and African Union envoys, who have put forward a draft proposal to break the deadlock.“The discussion will be about who heads the sovereign council,” a prominent protest leader who is part of the talks, Ahmed al-Rabie, told AFP, referring to the governing body.
They were freed from Al-Huda prison in Omdurman, the twin city of Khartoum across the Nile river, an AFP correspondent reported, adding that many relatives had arrived to receive the fighters.
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