SUDAN NEWS ALERT: AFP – US envoy pushes for ‘peaceful’ Sudan solution

13/6/19: AFP – US envoy pushes for ‘peaceful’ Sudan solution

 AFP reports that the US envoy for Sudan, Donald Booth, is set to meet Sudan's top military ruler Abdulfattah Al Burhan to push for a "peaceful" solution to the standoff between protesters and generals following a deadly crackdown on demonstrators.

 Booth, who previously served as special envoy to Sudan and South Sudan during the administration of former president Barack Obama, arrived in Khartoum along with Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Affairs Tibor Nagy. They held a series of meetings with Sudanese officials and protest leaders.

 The Alliance for Freedom and Change umbrella protest movement said that its leaders briefed the two US officials on the need for a transparent investigation in the June 3 killings.

 They also called for the withdrawal of "militias" from the streets in Khartoum and other towns, an end to the internet blockade and establishment of a civilian administration, it said in a statement.