SUDAN NEWS ALERT: BBC News - Sudan army rejects civilian majority in ruling council

3/5/19: BBC News - Sudan army rejects civilian majority in ruling council

 BBC News reports that a top official in Sudan's military council, Lt Gen Salah Abdelkhalig, has told the BBC it will not allow civilians a majority on the supreme council set to rule the country during a transitional period.

 Abdelkhalig told the BBC's Newsday programme that the military would insist on having at least half of all seats on the new supreme council: "[It's] a red line, maybe half and half," he said.

 The BBC’s James Copnall said that the 50-50 split could be seen as a concession by the military council, given that it had already suggested that the joint transitional council be made up of seven soldiers and three civilians.