Under fire Sudan’s junta promises transition to civilian rule

Sudan's army ruler General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Khartoum on April 16, 2019. PHOTO | HO | SUDAN NEWS AGENCY | AFP

Sudan’s military junta has promised to continue with the much-needed transition to civilian rule “once the crisis is over” in what could be seen as the initial signal for rapprochement to the international community.

Lt-Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan told journalists on Tuesday that there would be a new government of experts and technocrats as soon as possible, a day after he controversially dissolved the transitional government led by Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok.