Sudan military to hand over leadership to civilians

Sudan’s military leader, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has said the army will make way for a civilian government.

In a televised speech, he said the armed forces would not stand in the way of a democratic transition and was committed to working towards elections.

He said the military will no longer be involved in talks to end the country’s political crisis, with its place in the negotiations taken up by civil society groups.

But General Burhan fell short of giving a timeline of when the handover will happen.

The army seized power in a coup last October after ousting the civilian-led government of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok.