SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – Sudanese transitional military council calls snap elections

4/6/19: Multiple sources – Sudanese transitional military council calls snap elections

• BBC

• CNN, by Julia Holingsworth

• Reuters

 Various sources report that the leader of the Transitional Military Council (TMC) Lt. Gerneral Abdel Fattah Al Burhan announced in a televised statement that the TMC have called for elections within the next 9 months. Al-Burhan also affirmed that investigations will be conducted on the killing of protestors in recent days. 

 The TMC has also ended all agreements with the opposition coalition, after armed paramilitary forces attacked protestors at the sit in at army HQ in Khartoum. 

 Witnesses say that security forces who attacked at the sit in were personnel belonging to the Rapid Support Forces, who are led by deputy of the TMC, Himedti.