SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Telegraph - Sudanese military rips up negotiated plan for civilian transition as crackdown continues
The Daily Telegraph reports that Sudan’s military rulers abandoned a previously agreed road map for transition to civilian rule on Tuesday, fueling fears of a return to full military dictatorship.
In a televised address, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the head of the ruling Transitional Military Council, promised an investigation into the violence, but went on to reject further cooperation with the pro-democracy protest movement.
"The military council decides on the following: cancelling what was agreed on and stopping negotiating with the Alliance for Freedom and Change, and to call for general elections within a period not exceeding nine months," Gen Burhan said.
Opposition leaders rejected the announcement and called on members of the public to return to the streets to bring down the military council.