phase that will be leaving sudan and we go and we're going to have to wait until tomorrow morning to see how people are taking this reaction this announcement currently they seem to be very happy rejoicing in the fact that they have the power and there they have the voice to remove anybody who they do not want to leading them so we're going to have to wait until tomorrow and see if they are happy with general abdul fatah or if they feel like he too has a tainted past that is not very well known and they will try to also remove him from power as you say it's very important to see now how the protesters digest this news that we've had tonight thank you very much really appreciate it morgan there for us and hard to there is obviously a great deal going on but we'll have kristen salumi she joins us live now from the united nations in new york and of course we have heard parts of the international community calling for the civilians to be involved they want civilians involved in this transitional process they also call for violence to be avoided at all costs

tell us about what happened at the u.n. today. well the united nations and the international community has been watching the situation in sudan very carefully almost as soon as word got out that omar al bashir had been deposed the united kingdom and europeans on the council were calling for a security council meeting to review the situation they haven't taken any specific action yet but certain members of the council have been very outspoken including the united kingdom who said that the call for a two year transition to a civilian government just wasn't good enough they were worried that wasn't fast enough. but they were also concerned about the situation of protesters their rights being protected the high commissioner for human rights has spoken out about that the secretary general has expressed concern so well no official action from the security council yet fair to say a high level of concern and as the president of the security council put it the

fact that they even met on this issue so quickly should send that signal and it seems that there is some response taking place in sudan to these concerns by way of background i should point out that the united nations has been very involved in the situation in darfur in the security council in particular this is a body that we know for being divided in many of the world's conflicts incapable of coming to a consensus and being able to act because of divisions in the council but some fifteen years ago the security council came together over the situation in darfur and actually referred the president omar al bashir to the international criminal court it was the first time ever that the security council ever referred a head of state an acting sitting head of state to the international criminal court for prosecution on work crimes and specifically genocide for the situation in darfur and it's interesting to note that it is the general who just stepped aside

that was in charge of military intel. mogens at the time of this campaign he has been sanctioned by the united states for his alleged role in these atrocities that took place in the darfur region so perhaps not surprising that he would be stepping aside to avoid controversy we heard from sudan's shahrzad affairs here at the united nations seeking to calm international concerns saying that the transition would happen and it could happen more quickly in fact if the situation on the ground warranted it that the military was committed to civilian rule and so on but he stressed that it was a domestic concern clearly not wanting the international community to get involved the government the military government has said that. bashar will be. face justice in his home country not be sent to the i.c.c.

sudan does not recognize the international criminal court so just by way of background there is a lot of concern from the united nations from the international community no official action by the security council here yet but a promise to stay engaged and keep focused on the situation and meet as soon as next week if necessary if the situation goes in a direction that they're not happy with over the weekend and we will have to see what the reaction is and right now we have some live pictures coming to us and they are coming to us from sudan where you can see a sense of jubilation a celebratory atmosphere at this the initial reaction the immediate reaction to the announcement from the military council that the chief was stepping down so the defense minister had been said that he is going to be stepping down as head of that council and that replacing him will be left in

a general abdul fatah. he will be the new he will be the new leader of the transitional council and certainly the reaction that we're seeing on the streets to suggest that the protesters are pleased with this news being to a correspondent and the the perception of but hahn is that he is not someone that has been tainted by the behavior on the crimes in the actions of the regime he is perhaps someone that people will be eager to watch very closely to see what he does next but of course the question is whether he whether he makes swift moves to involve civilians in the process because this is absolutely key for the people you see here on the streets and they have been out there on the streets for several nights now at the military headquarters and hard to and it was hugely significant that some days. they were allowed to approach the building itself but then

continued to continue to spend the night there for several nights now and this in the face of a state of emergency and a curfew but the military have essentially left the people alone they have been allowed to continue with that protest many thousands of people gathering there and the initial reaction is one of celebration and perhaps relief at the transitional council appears to be listening to that demands listening to their concerns by replacing the head of this transitional council with a new figure and now we must make wait to see what he will do next but of course these protests come after many months people initially taking to the streets because of the dire economic situation in the country inflation was a problem unemployment rising prices. really struggling to survive

a spiraled and morphed if you like into something great some very ambitious political demands that the regime must be the president tomorrow bashir must go and not only have they managed to achieve that after some three decades of off to some three decades of a model bashir after some three decades of a model bashir managing to hold on to power and that had been protests in the past but never have we seen such a strong and sustained movement and this is real staying power they have stayed on the streets in defiance of the authorities and in defiance of the regime and look at what they've managed to achieve what morgan is watching all of this from hard to and we are seeing pictures here of people celebrating.

yes as i said marianne people are extremely happy by the fact that they are finally able to experience their power they're saying that they were not happy with the fact that general. was a member of bashir is reaching there saying that he was very much part and parcel of the old regime that they were calling for the remove for their movie so they were saying that they were not on the side of the protests for months where they were not just demanding that president obama and bashir leave they wanted the whole regime the whole system his whole government gone and. was not fulfilling that wish when he took over command of the military council and saxe president i want bashir now they're celebrating the fact that they had the power to make general of the defense minister and the president former president bashir is government and a vice president as well they're celebrating the fact that they had the power to make him step down and appoint someone else whether this person will fulfill the

common the conditions that they want to see in a person leading the transitional government that we have yet to see we're going to have to wait to see the response of the political parties early at the moment the military council said that it's open for dialogue that everybody will be included all political parties will have a participation in the transitional government and that it doesn't have to be two years and the constitution doesn't have to be suspended it's could be brought back if political parties are able to sit down and that the military councils duty is just to make sure that everything is in order and that the country is kept safe and secure whether this new general dunford will have the same conciliate conciliatory tone whether he will fulfill reprise and or fulfill or provide to the people who have been in the streets thousands of people not just here in clinton but iran the states if they feel like he fulfills what they want and then we might see and to the process but then we're going to have to wait as i said for the. reactions from

the political parties and from the sudanese professional association which has been spearheading the call for the protests over the past four months. yes that's right and of course we continue to see these pictures of people out on the streets in the initial reaction is is certainly one of of celebration and elation the interesting thing here is that the military council had previously said that they were willing to talk to to everyone so they want to speak to the people out on the streets they want to speak to political leaders as well and i was just looking that around the time we were getting this big announcement you know there were also reports that a meeting between the armed forces and political parties had been moved so that delayed perspire own but they don't say it was to an unspecified date is that something that might concern people.

well yes that was something of concern the political parties as i said do hold certain wades. into these communities and what's happened. and what's happened of course with the lead the country is going to take obviously as you said the military council earlier said that they do want to open dialogue with all political parties and make sure that all societies and layers of sudan is represented or rather are represented in the transitional government the fact that that meeting did not happen did raise a few eyebrows and people were wondering if this military council will be able to fulfill and represent what the people on the streets wanted but the people on the streets had already answered that question maryam when the appointment was made when the announcement was made yesterday they made it very clear that they were not going to accept the military council they were going to accept a transitional council they would accept a temporary government

a transitional government but they're not going to accept one that is going to be led by the military and this is something interesting because the current person who general hours of had handed power has had has handed power to is a military personnel he's a general and the inspector general of the military so it's people are celebrating right now but we're going to have to wait and see how political parties are taking is how the how they will wake up tomorrow and feel about this one thing that sets apart the new commander right now to continue needer is that he doesn't have the same tainted history that president bashir had he doesn't have the same tainted history that the military council the former military council chairman of new office had. was the military intelligence chief under stari and there bashir is government he was sanctioned by the united states in two thousand and seven for alleged crimes in the western region of dar for president bashir himself is wanted for work crimes crimes against humanity and genocide. making him he was the only

sitting president to be indicted for these crimes by the international criminal court so people are saying that whoever does need the transitional period or is represented in the transitional period they didn't want the person to have the same tainted history and the same kind of closeness to the regime and generally the for the one at the moment looks like the kind of person. all right thank you very much for now have been morgan and how two men actually we can now also speech your honeyed el duque i spoke to him earlier he is he has been participating in these protests he's a university professor i know he's also been arrested on a number of occasions joins us on the phone from hard to and so here we have another remarkable development in the country people were happy about the military's initial steps until it emerged the defense minister was the one that was taking over now he is stepping down tell us about the protest as

a response to this. while in the name of students professors association i would like to congratulate this is nice people for their endure and some for the victory. today we are witnessing an historic. moment in the history of sudan the his the people of sudan the have world tediously to abreu to the past regime the sudanese people or let's say the demonstrators in the streets now are celebrating this moment and everybody is happy with these new developments and. hiring is one one of one of the militant talents who is acceptable to some symbiosis in its people and i think it's a very good move by a very good move and we are going to go to the world together until we're finished with the hot stuff what the people want to see from general abdel fattah han

while the only thing that they want to see. you know they have they have so many demands and so the waiting for the months. to be met if they realize if we realize our demands and i think things will go on the right track if they can to try to to to meet our demands and i think we'll go on the street again so we'll keep watching the government keep watching the work until the so that go back to the right crags that accustomed to that can you never be before they give me can you be most specific in terms of what you want to see but hansei one of the steps that he needs to take now what the protesters want to see from him in the immediate aftermath of this innit. what. was that special from behind. face to start working and forming

a civilian government. the preserve the civilian government shouldn't exceed more the four up to six months and the other thing is that the issue of security and our relations with the international community which has been distorted by the past. moreover i say it all everybody who army in the past three games should be should should should face. trial they have they have to stand before the polls. anything that been stolen from sudan should be retrieved but because we lost a lot so that incident like as we've seen in sudan has been one of the greatest country one be but this riddim destroyed everything so we want to do to restore our past image and want to restore our cause glory would keep working on that is what we are expecting from from. behind there are many other things that would be on the

way you know you do you know of course you know a model bashir took power in one thousand nine hundred ninety is one of the longest serving leaders in the region it's enormously significant that he's no longer that this process now on of rebuilding the country and retaining what was lost that's presumably going to take some time in definitely to fact check at caltech time because imagine you know the country has been destroyed or this destruction has been going on. the city is so it needs time to get things back into shape but we're really really really really really exercise and patience until things get back to to that we want you are fully aware of the fact that things will take time. it's going to take time and how quickly do you expect to see elections because we have seen this incredible these are the most sustained protests the country has

seen it is a remarkable movement but if there are eventually going to be elections and some sort of process the opposition will i suppose need time to to organize itself. well as for the opposition i thing they have already organized themselves and they are lissie they have been organizing themselves since. the beginning of the beginning of all of this demonstrations and. before that you know they have been grabbing themselves and others like the four kings who tricked arm and we need we need to be a need to exercise patience. once again let me repeat the same time that we work together to sing to get back to the right track and. remarkable movements and this remarkable movement will keep on going on this remark

a movement this american woman is a reflection of. it has affected the togetherness and the unity and the solidarity of this and its people and not only that even if you look at the demonstrators and how they work together you can go past the old to the un you know the same the same met the same habits that's the nice people used to do like. sharing things together checking food from one house to another sitting together the same things you know we have we have loved these things long time but now we have seen it finished in the demonstration field. and it is it is good you know it's good to see the type of things. before us and this is i think is good is the book all men for the future of the coming future of the new very briefly

this has come at a price hasn't it because people have been imprisoned people have been show tortured and people have been killed taking part in these protests. yeah. yeah well and about who participate in it and people should appear before the court and any public who are stolen the money of the countries are to. be up here or has to be taken to the court and they will be seen if you know dusty's defense might be proud to say but the thing that's you know would. be just these must be dealt as you say. justice and accountability is going to be crucial if there is to be a rebuilding and reconciliation process in the country i hope to speak to you a little bit later apologies for interrupting but thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us on this evening where we have seen another major development in sudan the defense minister announcing that he is stepping down as

head of the military council he will be replaced people in power is next. al jazeera as i was winning investigative documentary program people ask me a lot where native women going missing are being murdered what's the reason fault lines goes beyond the headlines holding the powerful to account have you heard of this story not involved in that examining the u.s. and its role in the bombings someone has to get the gun i'm shooting people right now. back with a new series that's the reality that we live in coming soon on al-jazeera. in april twenty eighth street protests against pension reform firms in the correct europe grew into a widespread under government approved by the country some to mr regime under president dunoon will take a friend. over the following year hundreds were killed thousands more were exiled

detained independent media was suppressed as negotiations to resolve the crisis finally got underway we went to investigate. two thousand and nineteen. forty years after an insurgency overthrew a us supported dictatorship sending these to supporters gathered to pay homage to the man to whom their socialist revolution was named. how would a son the know who was betrayed and killed in one thousand thirty feet up to defeating a u.s.

invasion. but in one nine hundred seventy nine the movement piece by it. thought unworn a civil war and current president that he not big on came into power for the first time. would be. in love and not. over the four decades since this end the nice to have been voted in and out of government but in two thousand and seven or if they are returned to the office he still holds today now but if they get up ministration you see none exist then show crisis itself. assailed by claims of savage repression human rights abuses and the ledge to murder disappearance of thousands of opponents because i was once again under u.s. sanctions and once again it's being called a police state. we've come to find out why.

that crisis began in april two thousand and one must protest against a penchant for. untold white spread anti-government. response was swift and. international n.g.o.s claimed that one thousand five hundred people would disappear each one thousand exiled and eight hundred detained as political prisoners u.n. investigators tried to find out more but were asked to leave the country. those investigated. by the gun jump all jimmy around about one university students joins the pension reform hope. they were first attacked by masked men and then asked by. the demonstrators were killed and hundreds wounded simple logic. courting the severely

restricted it and make it out now demonstrate. the government. even waving a national flag in public jail facing international condemnation the government has struggled to find new faces a deepening economic crisis. a big ceased on this. as an opportunity to address participants thank you. thank you. thank. you. in the only goal. here it was said after well i would hear and read all of them are you know most of the time it was rather

disappointing. both seem a miracle as general cornum were to pull. more than a point someone who thought thanks i thought. it was great. thanks for asking me to. look at that list janice. i must add one thing i'd change the editors of the country's only twenty four hour news network independently for the newspaper and online sites have been forced into hiding works out i disciplined a rabbit hole to. electric chair just for those fields purchased. forty years ago when i was crowning years of underground armed resistance to the

bloody some more something pay to ship. the you. know how tall was one of those volunteered to fight for the revolution in its war against the us finest guerillas had bled the country for a decade just to look at daddy was a tin. can remembers meeting fellow revolutionaries in this old colonial house in the city of leon. students protesting against the sunday mr government ceased it in two thousand and eighteen. the house was burnt down and the legions. took list of him with the amateur virtue out of. each other one of those of the over here the fourth of the. you are. more month they look william was. brought up without me i don't know who you are

the good stuff. has kept he's also to forget of military service in his car since the recent troubles began and he's hoping we prove he's probably lucian recruiting stations stopped by the police. for. another day another car journey this time we're going on to find victims of the recent violence there will support either the murderer who drove a few miles away from the capital to meet one of the student leaders still in hiding that the government wanted to arrest. a little and. like. to walk up or down. one of.

these two. or. the opening of this one down the aisle last hour or. so i thought i don't know if that's going to hold up at the end but they will i think at all and i'll watch the. military's loyalty to a big surrounded the students set up barricades. and. suddenly have people i've got. a lot. longer. than i. they're looking not backing.

off somebody. to quote i like are. plenty of them also put up with the. phantom want to. know what i mean either. of those that i think either. way one will listen there are three or five i. want to. play what i like. being in the moment. but there were about. this up by the young and i would be almost double. what. they have been all right is the young. both the mother of all.

human rights organizations like amnesty international say that that's in some cases of torture and sexual abuse now those tensions. we went to nine university campus. its gates were no guarded by the government twenty four. this is the more they don't you it's the absolutely women but i. think the same thing. that you. know when you look at. this and the nice to student leader he's now in charge of deciding which students are allowed to enter to come because he claimed that the revolt means. dr you complain breaking news. this is all very impressive but i don't know if i you've seen through the infant

the mental the lawyer you know who are we need. but the momentum also loaded up with a lot of ifs if i just. don't know what he will get on the scene that day don't you have to see that but. what the he'll be. giving me. the. only way to see that in rome. then say they look at the metal and find that. in them and they like and they don't play. but i hate the mathematical but. then read only that yeah but i mean michael wanted the human rights violations committed by paramilitary forces in the protests are not part of the ongoing negotiations with the opposition. but yet they were at the core of the political crisis the former revolutionary we gave him with. took us to see

a church close to the one university. for the scars of conflict. that this is this is this is there let them if they open up a side. look at it it doesn't need to. know more than just on the plank in hope it will be a key its own frank is the only yes in the in the money get out a cigarette and get a gun for giving them the up and going to work for you here because if you listen to ford. yeah that's. not. the priest of this parish has since taken refuge in court that. the damage caused by the assault had been left untouched. as a memory to those. two students were fatally wounded doing the

attack martin campbell and i. am not saying him martin will be that if i don't really feel. like you've broken from the. most you can but the minute you forgive continue. only the getting to be done here is stuff. that. gets me. right you remember me. jane rector and you know you are actually about the money. no more or. might not have seen. this and seen. the government's refusal to acknowledge these and other crimes as ham puts its attempts to negotiate an end to this crisis. this is.

thirty kilometers south of the capital was the last protest stronghold for. on july eighteenth two thousand eight hundred is brutally retaking the economy she foresees fifty six people were killed many more such refuge in local churches. will be bottled him before they'll be enough for you. but here we are or what us all. mighty. but i believe that it will. feel a. member of the local government quit after witnessing the horrors of the takeover. we all know. it will be a. because for most of the you're going the google group and you're going to go along with the people whom we're going to whom we. get the full of it we're in both so you ought. to go

to. their local you would. think that a book that i won't meet or. poor boy will be growing up. but the. book is you know look at us when we beautiful. that would be the most i mean people are going to be. me and he will be somebody you need to go to. maybe not all of you to repeat your. you know in your book of your for what you're going to get up and you're almost like a book about you know when the forty. first already before you move to vote for him to play well you look really good we're going to be good looking for him we're not going to them boy we're going to work for him more so but you look you know here's what i took with you most of it uniform. after we'd filmed teen lock on

keys to cemetery two hours away from one government minders began monitoring our movements until now the authorities had left us alone we'd even been hoping for an interview with any luck there but from now on would be under constant surveillance . after the protests were horsed the roads to any kind i was border with the top three cars were cloaked with refugees many of them on the run from the authorities . so some world of the goodness of the money imo. this is what the meanest at the meat persuaded. to study at all it was something like that. even today here after the protests the exodus continues we cannot once even formally faithful sandinistas fleeing from government repression. is one of them he lost

a leg fighting us to something nice to souldier against the us funded by guerrillas in the one thousand nine hundred last year he was working as a teacher in messiah when his son was killed by the government spy on militaries with a single shot to the heart. is it bad that i want to show. my daughter you know that. i don't have. a loss. they are not only showing you know i know. what i want so no i don't want to. throw any was i want to say yes to. this you're going to. get it there's a. alvarado

is one of many kind i want exiles now regularly demonstrate outside their embassy in costa rica protesting against human rights abuses taking place back. down square expressions of dissent are going beyond the peaceful these men belong to a new armed insurgency group calling itself the guerrilla. a little. thing able to look at. he. says the gorilla began two thousand and nineteen with the killing of four policemen and three more interesting to. see.

the guerrillas told us that they would continue looking for financial backers for seeing a failure of the negotiations between north they got an opposition leaders that was set to take place in my now while the following day and then came back news. to. the news trying. to get to work in costa rica. he. meatless that if. they appoint the minister. so. there will be more. over the border some eight hundred miles from when i was we were taken to meet

a group of young refugee activists huddled in the grounds of an abandoned crotch. but the fear. for my town. on the other that. i thought i mustn't be more. by the left but you have not said i'm going to vote for good. but it's somewhat of. a muscle to be a pedal board. in not the most i had thought. i don't know so. one of the refugees was a middle class student of medicine who was badly beaten during her detention.

they said. oh yes i had a full sail. for. all . the way up and. on second day of the government's talks with the opposition the police announced the release of one hundred political prisoners back to the homes. on our way back

into any kind arwa we met our contact with the refugees again in the brain of. a god on their name. least that the dollar is a political. we headed to one of the addresses on the list. a in the some of the here for. the present political. lesson. and i thought it right right right right. but i mean that stop ball boy that goes will. be a whole we'll get it. right. they're going to be the. shopkeepers elizabeth and her husband danny had been detained for months when their children stayed with elizabeth's mom the couple had been accused of stockpiling

weapons. simple as and i don't think. they i mean. you michel men of. the only male i don't but i suspect you know whether that is. a so you don't live in the. bush because i don't interfere with your ninety. three the. what are the here are you in. the saloon. format that i know you put them on anymore sent. for say when i say here's a bomb. just then we'll mark up us we'll miss it that we're not there. at this junction with us i met them the oh. so it. might be land. air thank you almost gone through.

what some. of the reason was in the beginning i had given. for. that part of the name old age our nothing you're a kilometer wash you are you know what a pile of us being a supporter i charge. this along with it but i kill a bit then he done. you know the a mass. back at the hotel mind this while waiting for us once again. the night the opportunity to interview the president it was time to secure footage and leave the country. to weeks later on march the sixteenth thousands of people modest for the release of all political prisoners and one small government who reacted and force one of the students with mad when making this film managed to send us basically hail of

a seventeen year old student being detained by the police portrayed in a callous police state. in late march twenty ninth the government agreed to release political prisoners and restore protests brights other opposition to moms including of course for an early general election or so far be rejected.

hello again it's good to have you back well across the southwestern part of australia we are dealing with a frontal boundary that's bring some rain across much of the region so for perth you're going to get out of the rain you can be seeing those temperatures go to about twenty six degrees but it's really going to only last for one day we do expect to see more rain coming in from the southwest with this next frontal boundary right there and with that we could be seeing some gusty winds as well temp if you're dropping down to about twenty degrees and there showers could be quite heavy for the rest of australia to the north looking quite nice townsville a twenty eight plenty of sun view over here toward city it is going to be a nice day and then the clouds are going to start to roll in we do expect to see a temperature of twenty three degrees for most of north and south island of new zealand it's going to be off and on clouds not a lot of rain in the forecast there we do expect to see christ start seeing a temperature few about fourteen up towards auckland at seventy but up towards fiji we are going to be watching that area very carefully we do expect to see some localized flooding with a very heavy rain across the region and then across much of japan not looking too

bad because we do have a system that is finally pulling away sun here on saturday for tokyo at sixteen degrees and then as we go towards sunday more clouds in the forecast rain for seoul at fourteen degrees but we do expect snow in the forecast with a temperature of seven degrees there. this is. hello i'm maryam namazie this is the news hour live from london coming up. this is for the benefit of the nation. saddam's defense minister says he's stepping down as

transitional leader a day after former president a model bashir was overthrown in a coup. protesters celebrate his announcement saying his departure is a victory of the people's well also coming up in the program. protest his return to the streets of algeria calling for the removal of leaders who are part of the former president's government and the u.s. president says he's considering sending illegal immigrants to cities controlled by his political opponents. or come to the program we begin in sudan where there have been scenes of jubilation after the head of the country's military transitional council announced he's stepping down. ben was sworn in as the country's interim leader on thursday after the military removed president

a model bashir was to head the transitional council for up to two years until a civilian government could be put in place but his appointment spot further protests demonstrators have been unhappy about the military takeover. really what we were up on this is for the benefit of the nation without having to look at special interests spiegel small that might preclude progress. only to say that this country has great people and the great. i would like to recommend you work together and hope that you would reach a solution very speedily i would also hope that this decision is not misinterpreted which one of the the success of what is beneficial to our country lonely. people to an honorable country. well this is the man that is going to replace him abdel fatah has been sworn in as the new chief of the transitional

council and the country's new interim leader but on is the commander of the sudanese ground forces sudan's main opposition group has called for protests ever morgan joins us now on the line from khartoum she's been following this story closely we have been seeing scenes of celebration on the streets of hard to it seems as though the protesters have no intention on leaving the streets. at the moment as a celebrity the fact that their borders were able to lead to general. stepping down as the head of the military council less than just a little over twenty four hours after he was sworn into the country for a crowd two year transition period even after the military council has a press conference during the day saying that it's open for dialogue quickly think would also have to go party. to society and that will make most of the count.

but what people were protesting initially was the fact that general who was a member was a member of. the former ruling party he was a member of president bashir of the government he was the. then there are things backed much part and parcel of the order came for they did not want him in the mind replacing him with and general. han is the inspector general of the military that he doesn't have to think that he doesn't have that. had. by doing it. for allegedly. in regional power for or to open the home of president bashir. was also is also wanted by the international criminal court for crimes crimes against humanity and genocide and though it can reach out to our or as well now out of ten in general abdul. doesn't have that kind

of record as a matter of fact he does is very much well known in the military are people not really heard much about him and so they're hoping that he might the people through . all the transitional government he might be able to represent something that it's gone from their genes. and the political party that it's one thing that is sharing the people who are in front of the army headquarters at the moment but what we're going to have to wait and see and. accept the fact that this is a military person leading the transitional government as well as the sunni professional association how do you react will very much tell us if. lieutenant general. han will. reffing all right but you know what we'll leave it there because the line is

a little bit unstable apologies for the intermittent nature of that but to have a morgan reporting to us from the capital hard to mean i think we've got a sense of the situation there obviously there are scenes of celebration and jubilation there in the sudanese capital but perhaps that is also tension with some caution because at the end of the day the man that is replacing the defense minister ben alpha is also a military man himself and ultimately people want to see a handover to civilian rule in the country so for more on that joining me in the studio now is dr hassan. he is the vice president of the sudan doctors union here in the u.k. so first of all your reaction to these developments tonight thank you very much roland doesn't need tonight. as you know we have to be as you say you have to be very cautious. it's. true. we have to be worked through very long since our proper started to in december. we've come to this point

of the wall of the moment but we are asking a lot of people to be on the street until we see one hundred of the two a civil government. or i don't know how familiar you are with general abdul fatah but han there are obviously people of very happy that their protests have resulted in this move this decision by the military council the defense minister a step down we have now a new figure in charge. what are your views on him who we will. pursue views on any person is about the system in the region we want to see is civil government taken over for the thrones of the beauty of the. rule and the government the leaders of the government should be coming from the but that hasn't happened tonight it has. only with us still celebrating i think celebration is something we can do but we still focus on our goal of getting our

civil government in place and we're not going to leave the protests until we see the civil government. in place this hundred over to us and it is quite i mean it was very significant that these protesters were able to reach the military headquarters and you and i spoke some time ago when you know just a week ago or ten days ago when that happened and they were able to remain in place and we have seen them essentially encamped at the main military compound in harder to i suppose now they the protesters will remain in place they will continue to demonstrate it is a beautiful process it's a beautiful protest. you have seen a lot of music coming out there are everything that's coming from the street as i saw it last. two and three when this you know what. in a sense of a peaceful transition of war. or government. do

you accept that this is a process that is going to take some time yes that the president has been ousted president a model bashir has now been arrested there is this transitional council in place very difficult to up root the regime and have this sudden immediate change happening all at once i don't know how long we. can see the what we will you know the go on we are focused or we are not going to leave you our goal is to have is civil government in place for the transition period are going to shift away from drug. well thank you very much appreciate your thoughts dr hasan to joining us this evening want to i'll speak to christian salumi she joins us live from the united nations in new. york and we have heard the international community call for an immediate handover to civilian rule in sudan and of course

they also want the avoidance of bloodshed and violence but we haven't seen that happen tonight have we because the man who is to replace the defense minister is also part of the military. absolutely and the international community is watching very carefully because of sudan's history the takeover that's happening there and almost as soon as word got out that omar al bashir had been deposed the security council called for a briefing they held that briefing today behind closed doors to get the latest on the situation on the ground but no action from the security council just yet no statement on behalf of the council we're told by one security council diplomat on background that some african members of the security council were wanting to wait to let the african union weigh in over the weekend before the security council took official action but speaking after the meeting the president of the council german

ambassador christophe hoist skin said that the fact that the council met at all and so quickly should signal that the international community is watching and concerned he said that they would meet again as soon as monday if things did not go well over the weekend and also you know the united kingdom has also been speaking out on the situation from their stand vantage point here at the united nations saying things like that they're concerned about the rights of the protesters that there not be more bloodshed and also about the timetable for that transition to civilian government so all of that percolating here at the united nations earlier in the day the sudanese shahrzad affair took advantage of a previously scheduled meeting to speak to the council and attempt to reassure them that the military government in power now was in fact committed to a peaceful handover to a civilian government have

a listen to what he had to say. the the him. the military transitional council was responding to the sudanese people's aspirations for change and works to protect the lives of its citizens as well as their well being this council will be the guarantor of a civilian government to be formed in collaboration with the political forces in stakeholders no party will be excluded from the political process including groups moreover the suspension of the constitution could be lifted at any point in the transitional period could be shortened depending on developments on the ground and agreements with stakeholders of the sudanese representatives stressed that this was a domestic issue for sudan and while the government there may appreciate international support they were going to handle the situation themselves this against.