SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – Sudan’s protesters call off strike and agree to resume talks with military

11/6/19: Multiple sources – Sudan’s protesters call off strike and agree to resume talks with military

• New York Times, by Declan Walsh

• Reuters, by Khalid Abdelaziz

• BBC

• AP, by Bassam Hatoum and Samy Magdy

• AFP

• Financial Times, by Tom Wilson

 Sudan’s military and opposition groups have agreed to resume talks on the formation of a transitional council, an Ethiopian envoy said on Tuesday, as an opposition alliance said it was suspending its campaign of civil disobedience and strikes.

 Sudan’s Transitional Military Council also agreed to release political prisoners as a confidence-building measure, special envoy Mahmoud Dirir told reporters in Khartoum.

 The steps appeared to show a softening of positions after talks between the two sides collapsed following the violent dispersal of a protest sit-in on June 3.

Sudan’s protest and opposition alliance said it is suspending a campaign of civil disobedience and a general strike from Wednesday until further notice.