is not the way she'll kill some people wanted the fall of bashir well he fell they got. i don't know when the sas for those who wanted the fall of the regime well the regime is still here and our demands have not yet been met and we will stay here until there are people of the international community is closely watching developments in sudan after the african union issued an ultimatum to the sudanese army to hand power to a civilian administration the united nations has now appointed an envoy to work with the a you to mediate an end to the crisis. the military procedure counselors or for indicators that a group carry out reforms of some of the governments is the truth including the national intelligence and security services indeed the m.t.c. is a reprise in high repute government or who shares who are said to be unpopular with their ministry that's perhaps in an attempt to gain trust and. demonstrates as remain skeptical of reports that the military has arrested former president of russia and some of his closest associates including two of his brothers to the crowds out

khartoum we'll be talking to him throughout the day today but for now let's take a look at him al bashir well his leadership has been defined by conflict and violence before taking office he had a long career in the military and rose to the rank of colonel that position him to lead a bloodless coup in one thousand nine hundred nine during the twenty one year civil war between the north and south in two thousand and three several ethnic groups in darfur launched a rebellion against his government accusing it of oppressing black africans the government backed crackdown on those ethnic groups led to more than three hundred thousand people being killed the international criminal court later put out a warrant of al bashir arrest on charges of genocide crimes against humanity and war crimes which he denies but despite that he's never been tried and went on to win consecutive elections in twenty ten and twenty fifteen well amid solomon is a researcher in the africa program at chatham house and he joins us now via skype from london thanks for being with us we're obviously getting developments as azen

well, omar al-bashir remains injailand influence. l, omar al-bashir remains injail and there are discussions between civilians and the military for a transition to civilian rule. is there a chance that the military is going to lose patience with these discussions and simply unilaterally decide to maintain rule over the country?” don't expect that to happen. the military council as pledge to the international community that it will not dissolve the force to break up the civil protests that are continuing. they did depose the —— omar al—bashir to maintain the system of corruption, repression, however, the nation is not buying that and they have succeeded in deposing omar al—bashir, they have succeeded in deposing the general and the head of the council today is on notice. the peoples demands of a tra nsfer on notice. the peoples demands of a transfer led by civilian authorities, they will be disobedience in the country that has —— company that has paralysed the country in the previous days. thank you for your time. ukrainians will head

to civilian rule the military council to charge earlier this month after ousting president omar bashir well how about zero has more from the two and it turns out still very sketchy and all we know is that they have agreed to establish what they're calling a transitional solver in konsole what's going to lead these country for a period before elections are organized now that this has been the main point of contention in talks between the military the transitional military council and the civil society organizers of the process as well as sudan's opposition parities a special mass for the victims of the easter sunday attacks is being held in sri lanka's capital colombo one week after the bombings there you can see. the mass was broadcast live on television to homes nationwide the president has banned two muslim groups accused of being behind the attacks but the security situation is still ten in addition to the mass dozens of people have held a prayer vigil for the victims people lit candles to remember the two hundred sixty killed and those who were injured in the attacks a shooting at a syn

some people wanted the fall of both bashir as well he felt the gut.

statement asking for five specific things number one is obviously the toppling of the regime or of of bashir as well of the other points these this statement was read out in the sit in first day or the eight and ninth as well as today. and people got a lot of you know they recognize that they've heard it and they've supported it and today they actually did a very clear call for people not to go home and this is going to continue until until the transition actually happens and i think it's very important for us to point out that there is an actual elected body with the professional association in it but as well as said the sudan poland and civil society alliance and others the national national union as well. that the conversation the conversation has been always kind of undermining the strength of this umbrella and how how much more clarity that we actually have on transition and i don't think people are recognizing that there is there is a lot of work that's been done for the past few months and now there are clear plans and way forward for civilian. engagement and actual transition that does not h

this point here but do we have any idea where is omar and bashir. wellalmost this year has not been heard of especially since his clothes basic former defense minister and his. person he has replaced party has been all been arrested person some of those who have not been heard from nobody knows where he is what we do know is that top government officials sub military officials as well as national security officers and police officers have held a meeting without the president with what the army is effectively having at the moment their commander in chief so it's not clear where he is and what his fate will be obviously if this is a cool way to be in the hands of the military and remember that president bashir is the only sitting president at the moment to be indicted and wanted by the international criminal court for work crimes and crimes against genocide crimes against humanity and genocide in the western region of darfur whatever happened that this is including his life very much with the military they will have to decide whether they want to keep him

ministers in the government of former president omar bashir and one was a businessman close to ahmad bashir as well that the news will not sit well with the protesters the leadership of the protests because they have been asking for quite the opposite they have been asking for more arrests among the members of the former regime they have been asking for them to be tried to be put in jail and tried and now we see this according to them i'm sure they will they will react to it very soon they have been talking in a press or they have the presses inside the city in some of them have been talking a while ago they haven't commented on this i think this is fresh news but we expect this to be seen by the escalation in the dialogue and that discussion that is that has a lot of differences in it between them and the military because all right there in khartoum thank you for that. now the un is warning of possible massive flooding in mozambique after cycling kenneth made landfall forecasters say it's the strongest storm to ever hit the country tens of thousands of people have been evacuated comes two months a

the national intelligence and security services and the record support forces will turn against bashir as well all right david in washington tell us then about the broader geo political influences on the situation in baps why we haven't heard more from the united states from the e.u. from norway those are the countries most invested in various peace processes within sudan but what are their particular interests at this moment what we have heard some from the troika of the united states norway united kingdom back in january a relatively strong statement was issued the united states and subsequently protested the violence that has taken place but basically the thrust of your question is accurate there has been relatively little said in view of the length that this protest has gone forward and the amount of violence that has occurred throughout the protest and i think the international community. is isn't something of all watching and waiting mode they're not quite sure how this is going to turn out and as a result they're not taking sharp sides all right and coming back to you khalid it's been p

rights and the rule of law rather than having stability as what is going to happen to president bashir now. well a couple of scenarios he could just stay there if the military stays in power he could to stay there he could go to a friendly country. as well the gulf states there are a couple of countries of places where not signatories to their own statute. you know offer him refuge. but i think it's early too early because we still don't know how things are transforming if there's a clampdown on the demonstrations that could escalate massively sudan and then this would eventually also determine his fate so i don't see him and linger in prison and you don't you don't send him you don't see him getting up you know on trial in the hague. not now it really depends on who will be in the government in sudan and you know if it's the military they don't seem to find this important to him to push him around and do you see after all that has happened do you really see all of this leading up to real change in sudan is there a reason to think that things will get better yes i think because the masses the hu

ugandan offer what do we know about about that and furthermore the whereabouts of omar al bashir himself. well martine uganda's foreign minister had said that uganda is willing to consider taking into asylum if sudan is ok with it but let's not forget that the military council on the day that the ousted president bashir has said that they're not going to hand him to any foreign power and that he will be placed under house arrest most of the people in the streets or actually all the people in the streets are demanding that he be held accountable he's got an arrest warrant from the international criminal court for work rhymes and crimes against humanity in the western region of dar for so people want to see him held accountable for that but the military council which is running the country at the moment said that they will not hand him over to a foreign power there are reports that he's being held in corporate prison which is where he has sent most of his of enemies back in the days when he was in power but the government is saying that they're not happy they or they will not even consider handi

rights and the rule of law rather than having stability is what is going to happen to president bashir now. well a couple of scenarios he could just stay there if the military stays in power he could to stay there he could go to a friendly country. as well then gulf states there are a couple of countries of players who are not sick. terese to their own statute you might you know offer him refuge. but i think it's early too early because we still don't know how things are transforming if there's a clampdown on the demonstrations that could escalate massively sudan and then this would eventually also determine his fate so i don't see him and linger in prison and you don't you don't sometimes you don't see him ending up you know on trial in the hague not now it really depends on who will be in the government in sudan and you know if it's the military they they don't seem to find this important to push him around and do you see after all that has happened do you really see all of this leading up to real change in sudan is there reason to think that things will get better yes i think because the mass

asking for five specific things number one is obviously the toppling of the regime or of it of bashir as well of the other points these this statement was read out in the sit in first day or the eighth and ninth as well as today. and people got a lot of you know they recognize that they've heard it and they've supported it and today they actually did a very clear call for people not to go home and this is going to continue until until the transition actually happens and i think it's very important for us to point out that there is an actual elected body with the professional association in it but as well as said the sudan poland and civil society alliance and others the national national union as well. the conversation the conversation has been always kind of undermining the strength of this umbrella and how how much more clarity that we actually have on transition and i don't think people are recognizing that there is there is a lot of court. it's been done for the past few months and now there are clear lines and way forward for more civilian. engagement an actual transition that does not h

many sudanese fear that with al bashir gone and many rejecting the new government there could well be that chaos army commanders want to avoid. and have a joins us now live from. four minutes into this curfew do you think people are going to respect on the ground. well so at the moment it's not over it doesn't look like that's going to happen people are still in front of the army headquarters although an announcement has been made on state television by the interim military council which is currently running the country that the curfew has effectively been put in place and that people should leave the army headquarters and go back to their homes there are thousands and thousands of people who have been pouring into the army headquarters initially to celebrate the expected announcement that president bashir is no longer ruling the country after thirty years but eventually after after they heard this statement they were no longer happy and it turned into anger and people are saying that this is the second step of the uprising and they are going to try to make sure that whatever happens

statement asking for five specific things number one is obviously the toppling of the regime or of of bashir as well of the other points these this statement was read out in the sit in first day or the eighth and ninth as well as today. and people got a lot of you know they recognize that they've heard it and they've supported it and today they actually did a very clear call for people not to go home and this is going to continue until until the transition actually happens and i think it's very important for us to point out that there is an actual elected body with the professional association in it but as well as said the sudan poland and civil society alliance and others the national national union is one of. the conversation the conversation has been always kind of undermining the strength of this umbrella and how how much more clarity that we actually have on transition and i don't think people are recognizing that there is there is a lot of court. it's been done for the past few months and now they're here. for more civilian. agent an actual transition that is not have to focus extremely milita

professional association as well they have been spearheading the calls for the protest since december last year and they've played a big role in the uprising that toppled president bashiras well as the continuation of the sit in and the protests that eventually made. general. and hand over power to general abdel fattah sorry excuse me so we're going to have to wait for reactions from the sudanese professional association we're goes we're going to also have to wait for reactions from the opposition parties what did you think the military council just hours ago announced that it is open for dialogue that it wants to include all political parties and all areas of societies in sudan so we're going to have to wait for a reaction from the sudanese professional association that have been leading the youth and the civilian population and we're going to have to wait for the political parties and see if they're happy with the new face that will be leading 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 they're

want the immediate return of civilian rule following the overthrow of president omar al bashir last thursday well another call demand is accountability hundreds of people have been arrested and dozens killed since december either movement has moved. it's nearly thirty years since hannan has and buried her son major to my job was sentenced to death after a military trial which lasted just one day the government accused him of being a currency trader after finding foreign bank notes in his family home his mother says the money was left to him by his father who died and that her son was a victim of the new regime then. the safe hadn't been opened before they arrested him and told me the day after he was executed they said that they've killed someone from a powerful family to show that they can get anyone who opposes them i want justice now and i want to clear my son's name he was not a currency dealer they killed him unfairly i want justice for my son's blood. me to do my job was among the first to be executed by the military after i wanted bashir amid the military coup in one nine hundred eighty ni

bashir to go and is determined not to allow chaos. the number of participants of the people interviewed as well there was. action to the military and part of the leadership in particular and i think that put more pressure on the military institution as a whole for that reason i think they felt the heat and they have to make action hours after the announcement the military council was sworn in led by the defense minister ahmed. marking the start of a transitional period set to last for two years but the takeover isn't welcomed by some protesters on the streets who say they want to accept a military transitional government a sentiment echoed by some opposition leaders have already heard the statement read by the minister of defense is categorically rejected by us we will not accept a half victory we need a whole and complete victory as anticipated and wanted by our martyrs so we have decided to continue the sitting in front of the general command headquarters the citizens will also continue to take to the streets paving the capital and everywhere nationwide don't be scared and don't retreat we will continue

well, happening in the capital we understand that is where the former president is bashir being held. years, how do you think you'll be reacting to all this and his house arrest and talk of him being tried in the sudan, perhaps under international supervision, how do you think he'll be responding or feeling? he has done a lot of injustice to the country and to his own people and he should ? he should be held accountable for that and if he can be tried, that should also take place according to normal procedure. but i think about what we should focus on is the way he conducted the country and he managed the country, which was completely — i get the impression he was completely out of his depth. he had been advised several times by people several times by people. i had written him a memoranda of initiatives but he didn't seem to care. i don't think he had a real grasp of the situation and the problems he was facing and hejust messed it up. just messed it up. ghazi salahuddin atabani in khartoum, thank you very much indeed for coming on hardtalk. wednesday was a perfectly acceptable day f

the national intelligence and security services and the rapid support forces will turn against bashir as well all right david in washington tell us then about the broader geo political influences on the situation about why we haven't heard more from the united states from the e.u. from norway those are the countries most invested in various peace processes within sudan but what are their particular interests at this moment what we have heard some from the troika of the united states norway the united kingdom back in january a relatively strong statement was issued the united states and subsequently protested the violence that has taken place but basically the thrust of your question is accurate there has been relatively little said in view of the length that this protest has gone forward and the amount. violence that has occurred throughout the protest and i think the international community is is in something of all watching and waiting mode they're not quite sure how this is going to turn out and as a result they're not taking sharp sides all right and coming back to you colleagues it's bee

statement asking for five specific things number one is obviously the toppling of the regime or of of bashir as well of the other points these this statement was read out in the sit in first day or the eighth and ninth as well as today. and people got a lot of you know they recognize that they've heard it and they've supported it and today they actually did a very clear call for people not to go home and this is going to continue until until the transition actually happens and i think it's very important for us to point out that there is an actual elected body with the professional association in it but as well as as i said the sudan poland and civil society alliance and others the national special union is one of. the conversation the conversation has been always kind of undermining the strength of this umbrella and how how much more clarity that we actually have on transition and i don't think people are recognizing that there is there is a lot of court. it's been done for the past few months and now they're here. for more civilian. into an actual transition that does not have to focus extremely m

explains the city and the celebrations that we're seeing on the streets of sudan because well people are happy that bashir is no longer in power but they would like to get some assurances that whoever is taken over is committed to start a transition to democracy in sudan it's ultimately about the need to build a vibrant democracy in the country and turn the chapter of decades of conflicts wars and military because when you look at the history of the country from the first general the first president of the independent sudan all the way to our model bashir it was always it was always the army that has shaped the political landscape in the country. we were talking about this earlier if we could look at this aspect though again of the delay of what's going on you said you know the guys inside that bad army camp now are trying to figure out what to do next. and they're obviously there isn't a lot of agreement assumably since it's going on for this long do we have any idea to what extent is the division is. can we talk about infighting at this point i mean varies over there is definitely yes there's a new figh

well and very happy that also we have a neighbor sudan and that is called pretty with us very well president bashir. managed to sit together with his colleagues president of uganda president of kenya president with the prime minister we thought here they work together and they brought peace to the people of south sudan so the explanation that we are having with sudan is also contributing positively in resuming the production and increasing their dollar production so it so far i'm very very proud of what i have done and we will continue to do more under the leadership of president salva is there something that you wanted to achieve when you haven't been able to well a killer focusing to make sure that we have more investors to come and invest in block view one and two we have a one all the way to a six we have we also have eat two into blocks by the way it's also done is floating on oil. so sudan is full of oil only twelve percent of the whole country is explored eighty eight percent is really an exploit so that's why i'm here and i will be also traveling worldwide to make sure that the narrative of

is being investigated or money laundering police searching bashir is home bound suitcases full of millions of euros and sudanese pounds as well as hundreds of thousands of u.s. dollars in military removed bashir from power nine days ago following months of protests the former leader is now in prison in the capital khartoum. in the libyan capital tripoli crowds of protests against the military offensive led by warlord tar who opposes the un recognized government this is news broke that the u.s. president and called off are in a surprise show of support he already has the backing of egypt saudi arabia and russia. egypt sions have begun voting today in a referendum that could grant the country's authoritarian leader abdel fatah al sisi one more term in office the proposed changes to the constitution would also give the former army general more power over the judiciary a move heavily criticized by international human rights groups president abdullah fattah el-sisi was among the first to cost the votes clearly a man in a hurry. just a few days earlier problem and to given the go ahead for changes to the constitution. now it was up

professional association as well the body that has been spearheading the calls for protests and demonstrations and have played a big role in bringing down president obama and bashir and his successor who lasted for twenty four hours as well and the movement has been remarkable the way it's been so so widespread in the country and diverse as you rightly say and. what you were mentioning the point you were making there about initial jubilation in the after the ousting of bashir very quickly turning into objection and disapproval when it emerged that the defense minister would be the one to lead this transitional council this interim period that the country will now have to go through i guess people people are basically skeptical aren't they there was a read about whether the military will ultimately hand power over to the civilians there is a fear that. essentially the regime is trying to survive by engineering this whole thing and i suppose that concern will still be there even with this new head of the military council. while. in general abdul fatah what one does not have a political affiliation that's one of the things that sets him that sets him apart from his

that omar al bashir pushed out its cheering another military cue in one nine hundred eighty nine ever since then he's won the elections that his critics say were neither free nor fair well the process against bashir which began last december have become the strongest challenge yet to his long rule of offending was a city's foreign diplomats he says there is evidence that protests have some support from the army. this is the largest protest and has been time for the anniversary of the one nine hundred eighty five evolution which toppled mary on that day the human up to now has been preventing the protesters from camp begin or any site now the protesters in front of the army headquarters have been the large number since last yesterday afternoon ok it was the longest time they have occupied a certain place for the loan or for this style it looks at the moment that the army has not made a very kind of open statement but they imply by what they did in. the protests that they were siding with the protesters especially there is very strong pressure from the media writing on the ng offices on the need this year of the year of the military to come out very forcefully at least fo

well, omar al—bashir remains injail.and the military for a transition to civilian rule. is there a chance that the military is going to lose patience with these discussions and simply unilaterally decide to maintain rule over the country? i don't expect that to happen. the military council has pledged to the population and to the international community that it will not dissolve the force to try and break up the civil protests that are continuing even as they took power and deposed bashir. they did depose bashir i believe in an attempt to change figureheads but to maintain the system of corruption, of repression of the sudanese people by their own army. however, the population is not buying that and that's why the protests are continuing, they have succeeded in deposing bashir, they have succeeded in deposing the general who succeeded him within 2a hours, and general burhan who is the head of transitional military council today is on notice. and the head of the council today is on notice. either he responds to the people

rule which is what they've been asking for for the past four months do we know where bashir is as of this hour. well still no word about where the defense minister would have me off said that bashir is under arrest in a safe place he did not specify where that safe places nobody knows where that safe place is that remember we're talking about a president who is indicted by the international criminal court for work crimes and crimes against humanity one thing that i would have known of the defense minister said is that people who have been committing crimes in the past government will be held accountable it's not clear if bashir is one of the people who will be held accountable or if he'll be free to let go of his just being kept in a safe place for his own safe safety and eventually will be flown out of the country and it's not clear how many countries would be ready to receive a president who is wanted by the international criminal court so at the moment bashir is whereabouts unknown and his fate very much alive in the hands of the military and specifically olive nor his former vice president and d

he's stepping down as transitional leader a day off to the former president to model bashir was overthrown in a coup. well protesters have celebrated this announcement saying his departure is a victory of the people's will. hello i'm maryam namazie this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. demonstrators returned to the streets of algeria calling for the removal of leaders who were part of the former president's government. the u.s. president says he's considering sending illegal immigrants to cities controlled by his political opponents. do you. think i'll watch this space another significant step towards terrorists heading out of this while. we begin in sudan where there have been scenes of jubilation off to the head of the country's military transitional council announced he's stepping down ahmed had been sworn in as the country's interim leader on thursday after the military removed president tomorrow bashir bin alf was too had the transitional council for up to two years until a civilian government could be put in place but his appointment sparked further process. demonstrators have been unh

for a civilian dead transition just a week after the military ousted president omar al bashir and took over power. well the governor of the u.s. state of new mexico is expressing concern over a video of members of a militia group illegally arresting migrants. at the border the video was posted online this week and quickly went viral it shows members of the group dressed in camouflage clothing and with semiautomatic rifles holding groups of migrants a civil liberties group in the state has called on the government to investigate a group of vigilantes calling themselves the united constitutional patriots well earlier i spoke to. who is the stuff attorney with the center for constitutional rights he says militia groups on the border acting with impunity. under normal circumstances any group of citizens who were on our mind and took another group of individuals into custody would be considered kidnapping and potentially drastic terrorism because the trump administration has made it clear that they have no interest in protecting the lives or safety of migrants they're looking the other what i think in two t

represented on the military council, so represented on the military council, so they think well, president omar al—bashirem he presided onto so many years is still in place, we have to be vigilant, we have to maintain our voices. you can't blame them doing that? does mike on four.|j voices. you can't blame them doing that? does mike on four. i do not blame them. i am just stating the fa ct blame them. i am just stating the fact and the fact is that they feel threatened. they attacked the previous generation saying they were selfish, this has been common language for generations, now they have a chance to retaliate and to push back and they are doing it in a way that reflects inexperience. you sound very unsympathetic. sorry. you sound very unsympathetic. sorry. you sound very unsympathetic. sorry. you sound very unsympathetic, though these are recalcitrant youth somehow. the protest in december last year were very dire, there was rampant inflation, widespread unemployment, a report by the institute of international finance on april ten shows that sudan continues to struggle with its balance of payments.

going on for two weeks a military transitional council took over after president omar al bashir was forced to resign well those are the headlines and now it's back to with us. using the end of those weeks of custody in bagram two thousand and two a confession. to being a member of. yes i signed two confessions these pows both these confessions were. one was in bagram one was in kuantan m a but it was by the same agents so the same f.b.i. agents. to made me sign some documents i can't remember what they were. then. returned again in kuantan m o. and i produced some documents and they had asked me to sign them again in the first instance it was. completely out of. the threats they were making about being tortured and sent to syria and to egypt in the second instance they said if you don't sign that you will be prosecuted in a summary court where you could face execution and my reason for signing at that time was that at least if i sign up get to go to court. i had learnt from the cia about the case of one particular individual which has been extremely important in my view in the whole war on terror. there

sudan's ousted president omar al bashir is being investigated for money laundering police searching his home found suitcases full of millions of euros and sudanese pounds as well as hundreds of thousands of u.s. dollars the military removed bashir from power dine days ago following months of protests the former leader is now in prison in the capital khartoum. several thousand people have rallied against the government of serbian president alexander belgrade the protesters demanded more democracy and media freedom the demonstration took place a day after supporters held their own mass rally in the serbian capital. today marks twenty years since the columbine high school shooting in the u.s. when two students armed with guns and homemade explosives killed twelve of their peers and one teacher on that tuesday morning the school in littleton colorado rose to tragic fame around the world now survivors of the attack are growing up many have children of their own two decades later the columbine generation is still battling the trauma and helping the u.s. will finally impose stricter gun laws. on the baby it's a routine part of many parents day school run for jane and

been massing outside army headquarters ever since the ousting of president omar al bashir just over two weeks ago. well thousands of indigenous brazilians have rallied in the capital against what they say is a government assault on their rights and on their territories they say ministerial changes implemented by far right president show here bill so narrow are harming indigenous communities native leaders representing more than three hundred ethnicities across brazil are attending the march it's part of a three day annual event known as the free land encampment. their parent the marches were nothing if not musical and colorful but they had come to brasilia with a serious purpose to protest against what they see as encroachment on the land and the president. inside the congress they voiced to lawmakers their fear that the president's policies would allow the expansion of mining and industrial farming businesses and protect their hours. the agricultural business will kill us because what they're planting puts lots of poison into the land would've been in this rainy season the water from the plantations r

ouster of bashir has been in power for unclearr whatt the currentnt les arare going to do -- evavan alss himself actually sang stand by the united states government for crimes and are for as well -- and it is unclear where bashir physically is right now however we have that taken this as an opportunity to urge the the leaders to dedemonstratee to the rld. thatat they will respect the rights of sudanese people to continue to protesters they want to do so -- and also to hand by sheer over to the i cc -- and as well as i've met her rooms also wanted by the i cc so there are a number of steps. as well as reforms deep reforms that are needed so dad that would -- promote human rights and protect human rights -- at this time so we've made those calls -- but i think we're all sortrt of very -- watching very closely and not much just remains v very unclear and certainly the protesters have not at their calling for a civilian government to rule -- and thatt i t think there are at of it's very complicated it's it's there a lot of reasonsns to be quite cautious s now. but she has gone i his cell number to his defense minister that says that the army will now oversee a transition period. i

not what they were calling for they were calling for not just the ousting of president bashir puts his regime as well and members of his ruling party they wanted the whole government and anything that had to do with the government gone instead what they got was president bashir gone but members of his ruling party still in power are members of his military still in power and i doubt that know of the head of the military council was his was his vice president and defense minister so they're saying that they will not accept that they're saying that one thief has been replaced with another saying meaning that. is also corruption the he's also responsible for the reason why for for for the reason and the state of the economy so what they want to see is power being handed over to civilian government is there something short of a mass resignation that the demonstrators would accept i mean could it give them something to build on something to work with. well at the moment it doesn't look like there is any middle grounds for the protesters and those who are under streets are staging the sit and the military

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 peo

kind of change now that perhaps for a test as well though it is going to be quite a complicated process is you know after thirty years in power. or bashir in the. party is very well entrenched in every facet of life saluted some of us not forget they destroy every potential political party you don't touch i mean and instead of seeing our political parties political leaders elite discussing the future of sudan now the only solution should come from the military establishment that tells you how much the. previous government destroyed the political life in sudan and that is that's what happened in other arab countries you know when the destroying the potential of having political elite political party political engagement when they close the door before any kind of engagement of the people when they when they prevent people to have more participation that will be the outcome we'll see the only institution capable to work capable to decide is the military establishment i don't think so this will lead to a very peaceful change in such situations because basically it's a circle repeating itself and it's a first a vicious circle as you say and

well and very happy that also we have a neighbor sudan that is called pretty with us very well president bashir managed to sit together with his colleagues president of uganda president of kenya president with the prime minister we thought here they work together and they brought peace to the people of south sudan so the explanation that we are having with sudan he's also contributing positively in resuming the production and increasing their dollar production so that so far i'm very very proud of what i have done and we will continue to do more under the leadership of president salva is there something that you wanted to achieve and you haven't been able to well kill of focusing to make sure that we have more investors to come and invest in block view one and two we have a one all the way to a six we have we also have eat two into blocks by the way it's also done is floating on oil. so sudan is full of oil only twelve percent of the whole country is explored eighty eight percent is really an exploit so that's why i'm here and i will be also traveling worldwide to make sure that the narrative o

well and i'm very happy that also we have a neighbor sudan that is called pretty with us very well president bashir. managed to sit together with his colleagues president of uganda president of kenya president everything the prime minister we thought yes they worked together and they brought peace to the people of south sudan so the explanation that we are having with sudan he's also contributing positively in resuming the production and increasing then the oil production so that so far i'm very very proud of what i have done and we will continue to do more under the leadership of president sam is there something that you wanted to achieve and you haven't been able to well for a killer focusing to make sure that we have more investors to come and invest in broad view one and two we have a one all the way to a six we have we also have eat two into blocks by the way it's also done is floating on all your. so sudan is full of oil only twelve percent of the whole country is explored eighty eight percent is really an exploit so that's why i'm here and i will be also traveling worldwide to make sure that

bashir deposed does this now mean. better economic times for the sudan. well hadley's so because since twenty seventeen when the u.s. lived at some actions on sudan the hope was that the economic crisis would ease but this is not the case as we have seen the economies travel over the past decade the inflation shooting up to about seventy percent in twenty eighteen alone and what we're seeing more of is that this crisis could actually last longer and over the next to me as not much is going to be done either. well the transition government what can they do to push the economy can they do anything. well there's not much time that they have considering they only have two years until the next general election and saudi arabia and the united arab emirates have placed three billion dollars of which five hundred thousand dollars five hundred million dollars rather is meant to go to sudan's central bank and the two point five billion dollars is meant to be given or sent in form of food from a set of calls as well as petroleum products but the transition government deal will have to struggle to fix the crisis that has been l

former vice first lies president as well a man who who is among the political leaders who have supported president bashir for a long time the for his whole army career so it's difficult to see this as a transition moving to an end to a new stage of inclusive civilian government i think the people in sudan will be worried about this they will be fearful as well. there their demands that their aspirations for political change are not met and we may see this take place in the streets i mean that that that continued protest which has been so effective ethically over the last week can't that side the military high command may may continue but if you're sure and says a made about the next steps in the transition and of course we're very early stages the government and the high command of the military may be able to. calm the situation and show the protesters that there is a path forward within the next two years which will lead to open elections free and fair elections which they can participate in so it's too early to say yet whether the army has to. you leif. the. vice president defense minister did say the.