SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Reuters - Clashes in Sudan's capital after deal on transitional power structure

14/5/19: Reuters- Clashes in Sudan’s capital after deal on transitional power structure, by Nadine Awadalla

Nadina Awadalla reports on the recent unrest stirring in Khartoum. Awadalla reveals that the unrest came after the Transitionary military Council (TMC) and opposition groups announced that they come to an agreement regarding the power structure of the transitionary period.

Awadalla states that heavy gunfire was heard late into Monday evening, with the military council claiming that a military police officer had been killed and many protestors wounded. The TMC has blamed the discontentment of armed groups with the progress towards a political deal for the unrest but protests suspect that counter-revolutionary forces linked to the former regime are behind the incited violence of the past few days.

Awadalla also reveals that paramilitary forces have been patrolling the streets of Khartoum, using tear gas and gunshots to scatter protestors blocking roads.