SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Reuters - Sudan military-civilian tensions reach low point in wake of coup attempt
Reuters report that tensions between Sudan's military and civilian politicians reached a low point after members of the Empowerment Removal Committee – “whose purpose is to dismantle the political and financial apparatus of [former dictator Omar al-Bashir’s] regime” – said the military withdrew its protection from its headquarters and 22 of its assets.
Reuters note that the committee “has been criticised by the military generals participating in the transition, who served under al-Bashir”.
Mohamed Al-Faki Sulieman, committee leader and member of the joint military-civilian Sovereign Council, Sudan's highest authority, said his official protection had also been withdrawn, and that “if there is any threat to the democratic transition we will fill the streets”.