he was forced out by long protests led by the sudanese professional association.ey will not stop the demonstrations until the military council ruling the country hands overpowered to the civilians. how realistic are these demands. in this special edition of hardtalk, i have three guests from different groups in the protest movement. my first guest is professor mohamed yousef, official spokesman for the sudanese professional association. what will it take for you to call of these protests? i know it is very difficult to exactly predict. we are so difficult to exactly predict. we are so optimistic that it is going to be in effect next week because the number of factors are gathering to accelerate the process. one of them, the amassing of more people in the sitting area from all over the country, from different regions. but the sudanese professional association does not represent all of sudan. of course, of course. around them are people from different walks of life. farmers, animal herders and traders and even the military. so the forces for freedom and change of wh

the sudanese professional association says four years of a transitional government.t composition of a transitional government do you envisage in those two years? who takes the lead? would you yourself seek a leadership role? because the idea is that there would be a residential council to replace the military council, which would be civilian—led, and there would be a government made up of a technocratic cabinet with a technocrat as prime minister. is that a vision that is acceptable to you? would you serve on the presidential council? do you have the power and authority to stop any other generals in the army from trying to assert themselves? if they say, "you're relinquishing too much power, general burhan." there is a view amongst some observers here, western diplomatic sources, who have said that perhaps you shouldn't have a hasty handover to civilian rule because there is instability in the sudan. you've got armed militias in darfur, in blue nile, in south kordofan. do you think that if there is a handover to civilian power, that stability be maintained in the sud

the sudanese professional association says four years to a transitional government.f a transitional government do you envisage in those two yea rs ? government do you envisage in those two years? who takes the lead? would you yourself seek a leadership role? because the idea is that there would bea because the idea is that there would be a residential council to replace the military council, which would be civilian- the military council, which would be civilian— led and there would be a government made up of a technocratic cabinet with a technocrat as prime minister. is that a vision that is a cce pta ble minister. is that a vision that is acceptable to you ? would you serve on the presidential counsel? do you have the power and authority to stop any other generals in the army from trying to assert themselves. there is a view amongst some observers here, western diplomatic sources, who have said that perhaps you shouldn't have a hasty hand to civilian rule because there is instability in the sudan. you've got armed militias in darfur, blue nile. south kordofan. is th

i mean abdelaziz from the sudanese professionals association declared that the military council wasn't genuine in its intentions or its actions and indeed that all negotiations with the military council would be suspended and that they would continue to protest they would continue to escalate peaceful demonstrations until all demands are met and the key the central demand of all of those is the idea that power be handed over in sudan to a civilian government as soon as possible because there is it would seem very little trust in what they call the old regime or remnants of the old regime. in the current military council have we got muhammad with us we have muhammad as well listening along to all of that as well mohammad i mean you've been out with those protesters the last few days they looks like they wouldn't back down and now there's this confirmation that they are just not going to deal with this military council. not side come out strong words there from the leadership of the protests just minutes ago and those speeches are still going on a speech to mixed with slogans chants and

know their revolution is not over their fight is not over at the moment as i said the sudanese professional association is the one that is leading the calls and they're saying that a civilian government is the only way forward and it's the only way they can declare their victory complete now people are still out of their thousands planning to spend the night there as they've been doing for the past nine nights and they're saying that they will continue to protest they want nothing to do with the old regime they want to abolish meant of the national intelligence and security services which they say was behind behind the clampdown on protesters and has been targeting government dissidents for the last thirty years they also want to accountability they want to know where the former president i want to share is where is he being held and is he under house arrest or not what about the people who are with him in the government these are all questions they want the military council and the transitional government to answer before they can call their victory complete turn over daryn ok have a morgan thank you.

eight sudanese professional association so we want army to sit with the sudanese professional association and hand over power to them and then we have. the agreed upon way path into democracy that we have already. decided are we expect them to talk to us first before coming out with a statement we do not want to hear another statement we not want to hear about the state of emergency we don't want to hear about their solutions or what they want before we want them to become institution like in any democracy or the army just be an institution that protects the people not not that rules the people we do not want to military rule we do not want to have as a leader we don't want him as a president not even for one day. hundreds of thousands of algerian serve rallied nationwide for an eighth week calling for the removal of the ruling elite more than one hundred people were arrested in the capital on friday also confrontations with security forces police say eighty officers were injured matheson explains. clad in traditional roles as this woman cries out to crowds of young protesters. the my chi

the streets is that one body that seems to bring them all together under one is the sudanese professional association that is not a political party it's an association of people from different careers that have come together formed in twenty fifteen to try to initially demand for better wages before in twenty eighteen we saw them demanding the ousting of president i want to show you eventually that did happen and at the moment if you talk to people in the streets they're saying that we're going to listen to what the sudanese professional associations see they see that this body represents their demands more than any other body that is currently in talks with the military council which means if the sudanese professional association cannot agree with the military council and other political parties on how this transitional government should be formed how it should look how long we should lead the country for that it's going to be very hard daring to have the people who are right now in front of the army headquarters for the ninth day ninth consecutive day where it's going to be very hard to see how the

the regime of president bashir so they do have their concerns there waiting for the sudanese professional associations and other political parties to talk to to the military council and see what is the outcome at the moment they're saying that they're going to stay outside the army headquarters to continue with theirs to him until they hear the joint statement but they don't seem satisfied at the moment fully and there are concerns that there are already three presidents there were already three presidents are in the for the past few days and there are concerns that people will continue to protest demanding a new leader yet again what about the political parties how are they gauging without delay. well they've said that they're also open to dialogue and that they were very happy to sit down and negotiate some kind of deal with the military council but they also are saying that there should be a hybrid transitional council dominated by civilians not the military they said that they're ok with a military with military representatives in the council but that they should not be having the majority and hav

are the expiate sudanese professional association so we want army to sit with the sudanese professional association and hand over power to them and then we have out and agreed upon way path into democracy that we have already. decided on southern pokus other area talks going on between the military transitional council and the s.b.a. . this is what we're expecting right now two days that's what's going to happen and that's the only move we expect from because right now we expect them to talk to us first before coming out with a statement we do not want to hear another statement we do not want to hear about the state of emergency we don't want to hear about their solutions or whether they want to put forward we want them to be communist like in. the army just be an institution that protects the people not not that rules the people we do not want a military rule we do not want to have as a leader we don't want him as a president not even one but they've already appointed. to lead the transitional period so effectively you are asking for him to step down and the country to have another tra

professional association has a lot of followers a lot of people who've been listening to them over the past few months they have been listening to every single scheduled for protests that the sudanese professional association has been putting out of been listening to the demands and they've been saying that they do not want a military takeover that they want a transitional government formed that would eventually lead to elections where people can board and decide on their preferred presidential candidates but they've also been saying that they want that person to be a civilian it's not clear how the army which is right now in control and in a meeting with consultations will be able to agree for someone who is not from the military someone. no to lead the country off the been talked about including the opposition but a lot of the people in the street and dissidents professionalization i think that they don't want more of the opposition figures who are currently. present in sudan they're think that most of them have been part of the bashir government over the past. for their own self-interest according to these professional association and a lot of people on the streets they believe

the sudanese professional association that has been leading the calls for process say that the protesters should not back off from the army headquarters until the major demand is still filled which is handing over power to an independent civilian transitional government today's march is known as the million march people are expected to come to not just from various parts of the twin but from other states as well yesterday we've seen doctors protesting in front of the headquarters they've launched from one of the main streets and help them towards the army headquarters there more protests expected with engineers expected to join later as as well as families of the much as they're called people who lost their lives in the four months of protests which started in december so the army so sort of the political parties and the sudanese professional association are saying that for them to people in front of the army headquarters the only car they have if their women card and they say if those people back off and go back home then they have no way to pressure the military council into handing ove

so that power is handed over to an independent transitional government we've seen the sudanese professional association butting out a notice late last night that people should continue gathering and protesting in front of the army headquarters and hold friday prayers there are today. mali's president has accepted the resignation of the prime minister and the entire government it comes after weeks of mass protests over the killing of one hundred sixty four villages by another ethnic group the government has been accused of not doing enough to stop the violence u.s. president donald trump is declaring total victory after the release of a sense of version of robert muller's report into russian collusion with house democrats say they want to see the full edited version a journalist has been shot dead in what police say is a terrorism related incident in the city of london there in northern ireland police have launched a murder inquiry after lyra mickey was killed by a gunman northern irish police believe the dissident republican group the new ira is probably responsible facebook has admitted uploading the

spokesperson for the sudanese a professional association thank you so very much. thank you for a spending this a part of a day with us we'll be back at the top of. your requests a big chain reaction of the press. began around six hundred years ago. in the renaissance the revolution in fall to enable this many people became aware of their abilities and strengths and a new way there was an outpouring of self-confidence i mentioned the first.

while some political parties want one year transitional period for the government the sudanese professional association which is spearheading the calls for protests are saying that the transitional period should go for more than for no more than four years and they said that on sunday they will be announcing the names of their nominees for that cap and it's we're yet to see an agreement from all political parties but at the moment as it stands sammy there are still protesters waiting for a transitional government and waiting for justice all right here morgan that thanks for that. friday protests are underway for the ninth successive wakin algeria thousands in the capital algiers chanted down with the system long term president abilities with the flick i was ousted earlier this month protesters continued to demand change because of the interim government's links to beautifully and there lies the presidential elections until july the use of one they'll joins me on set he's a professor of political science and culture university good to have you with us here the protesters were successful in bringing beau

be represented whether it would be based on states or ethnicity or qualifications the sudanese professional association again is saying that if this issues are not resolved that people should not hand over their revolution to the military council there is the they are saying that people should continue with the sit in no matter how long it takes we've seen some drop in the number of people who are in front of the army headquarters but there are still a significant number over a thousand sitting there waiting to hear from the sudanese professional association which is not a political party but has been spearheading the calls for protests so they're saying that unless they hear that there's a transitional government an independent government regardless of what the political parties say if the sudanese professional association does not call it call the game over then they will continue with their revolution thank you very much for that for now that cyclists fondant have a morgue and with all the latest to live from we are going to get more on this we're joined by for the modern day an analyst on sydney's

calls for a civilian interim council to lead the country for the next two years the sudanese professional association the most powerful association there has been leading the anti-government protests. they have said even before the announcement was made that they do not want the military to be in charge they don't want anyone from the same regime which was part of president bush's regime they don't want anybody from his party from his regime to be in charge of the interim our transition period but obviously with the defense minister i would have me off announcing that he would be in charge and his counsel be in charge this seems like very very much that most of the regime are still in place so it's not clear if the people outside will accept that or if they will accept and listen to the parts of speech where he said that in his in the independent council or in his transitional council there will be representations for all the people from sudan to be let's rewind for just a moment for the benefit of anyone who has joined us and. maybe isn't across sudanese politics and what is happening right now in s

dozens and dozens of people still making their way to the army headquarters because the sudanese professional association said they should continue the protest so it largely comes down to agreements not between the political parties and the military council but the sudanese professional association reaching an agreement with the military council and other political parties and then they will tell the people in the streets and then we have to see if the people actually listen to the need for professional association or not very interesting to see what will happen here but more again for the time being thank you. sudan's foreign ministry meanwhile is calling on the international community to support the new military leadership so the arabia and the u.a.e. have announced their support for the transitional military council riad has promised aid and is calling on protesters to quote give priority to national interests so don is part of the saudi u.a.e. coalition fighting in yemen the u.a.e. and saudi arabia billions of dollars to hearts in recent years. libya's government forces say they've shot down a fighte

independent transitional government we've seen the sudanese professional association butting out a notice late last night that people should continue gathering and protesting in front of the army headquarters and hold friday prayers there today so we're expecting more people later on to be there front of the un headquarters and to voice their demands they've been saying that they will not go back home until power is handed to transitional government and they're waiting on the military council and the sudanese professional association which has been leading the calls for the protests for the past four months to agree on a council that would lead the government for the next two years here with a move she says the ball is in the political parties called are the politicians coming to an agreement on a transitional plan. world political parties and different coalitions have different versions for the next two years or four years depending on who has the higher say in the end the sudanese professional association and its coalition the declaration for freedom and change which is a group of about

military council on the opposition as well as the leadership of the porters those the sudanese professional association and their many poor points with the contention but the main one is how much presentation will the military hard involve transitional to the. done out of thirty years of autocratic room and the opposition will want a four year period because they say it will be enough to entrench the rule of law in sudan and also to minimize any interruption or interference into the electoral process from the military the military say they need it to be two years and that is all the discussing right now including whether the ministries of security and defense will remain with the military as the transitional military council want or it would have civilian leadership so this is a lot for discussing and all what is crucial to this country's future. these are all crucial questions but i suppose it's going to take some time before they can reach an overall agreement if that's even possible meanwhile what is the mood on the streets. while on that about square outside the military headquarters it's one of de

has to be abolished if talks are to go forward between political parties and the sudan sudanese professional association which has been spearheading the protests forces fighting for control of libya's capital have launched new air strikes planes from the u.n. bags government targeted forces loyal to warlord khalifa haftar after us forces bombed targets on the outskirts of tripoli for the first time in four years yemen has held a parliamentary session with. more than one hundred thirty government officials participating in the beating held in the city of so you so vulnerable the head of the evans general people's congress was elected as. syria says israel launched airstrikes on a military academy which is injured at least three soldiers it's inside story now stay with us. the day after the coup in sudan the military says it doesn't want power and is ready for dialogue but with no end to the protests is it ready for concessions how challenging will transition be in this country this is inside still. hello welcome to the program and has a secret we have no ambitions to hold the reins of power those were th

people are on the streets of the capital khartoum they've been celebrating however the sudanese professionals' association which has been leading the protest movement has rejected bushie has ousting as a military coup and plans to hold more demonstrations but morgan has the latest from the capital khartoum. people have been waiting for this announcement for hours at five o'clock local time army officials went to the local radio stations and the national television saying that they have an announcement to make all programs were interrupted and people were waiting for that announcement people had to wait for six hours before finally the defense minister of me off came out and said that president obama to be here is no longer the head of the country and he's under arrest in a safe place according to him he said that the military council under his leadership will be steering the country for the next two years and to elections are held now since that announcement was made at around two o'clock local time more and more people have been venting out their frustration they've been voicing out their demands saying

they don't want to see much from the really military council they want to hear from the sudanese professional association the body that has been spearheading the calls for protests for the past four months they're saying that the list of demands offered by the sudanese professional association and the declaration of freedom and change which is. an umbrella of several political parties there saying that this body is the body that has been put in the demands forward which includes obviously the complete abolishing of the national intelligence and security services so for them the fact that many many generals and former spy chiefs being ports. to resignation and there but the body still existing the that's not a complete victory they're saying that when this admits professional association comes out and says there's a complete abolishing of the national intelligence and security services a certain laws are being reformed there's a reform to the judiciary system in sudan that's when they know that they have a true will be complete but until then they will be up in the streets waiting for more talks between t

well one of the conditions that have been placed by political parties and the sudanese professional association which has been spearheading the government process for the past four months is the abolishing of the in the national intelligence and security services which was headed by one man now he has resigned and people are very happy we can already hear the celebrations on the streets nowadays they have been eagerly following the national news since they started protesting and for them that means that the security service that's basically a victory that means that the head of the military council. one hand may actually be listening to them even before he has issued a statement we yet to hear from the new leader of sudan who has who has been sworn in last night who would we not we're not sure what his roadmap is nobody knows he's currently in consultations with other military heads and security heads about the way forward concerning the fact that his predecessor did not last twenty four hours so there are celebrations right now on the streets people are very. joyful they're celebrating they're

is seeing two years while the declaration for freedom and change which includes the sudanese professional association the body that has been spearheading the cause of the protests is asking for four years transitional period so they're going to have to sit down both sides seem to be willing to do that and come up with solutions to try to get the country out of the deadlock that it's it is currently in you see both sides are willing to sit down and talk how soon before those talks get on the way. while nobody has set a schedule the military council is leading the effort to one hundred said that he's ready to talk whenever the optical parties are ready to do that and we're talking about more than one hundred political parties if all are to be represented in the talks and in the transitional government some of them come under the same umbrella of the declaration for freedom and change which includes thirty two political parties but some of them are a stand alone they have their own representative so it's going to be very hard to see how they can all come together and sit down and negotiate and form a co

what general burhan says, we want to see omar al—bashir delivered to the icc and the sudanese professionals associationan option they want to leave open. you couldn't stop that, could you? so you accept it's not a guarantee that you can make? could you pre—empt this, perhaps, by allowing him to go into exile somewhere, because president museveni of uganda has said he would give him shelter. is that a possibility? when will you put him on trial? when can we see him on trial? and would it be, the court case, could it be under international supervision? in terms of what the international community can do to help sudan at this transitional period, one thing that you are seeking is a removal of the sanctions by the united states of america, because sudan is on the list of states that sponsors terrorism, but the americans are saying that that is too premature. you've talked of sending a delegation and it's likely that they won't accept it. we've also had reports that the united arab emirates and saudi arabia have pledged to give sudan, to give you, $3 billion. they know you because, of course, you been in ch

sudanese professional association is here actually this is the men. so the challenge is how hard a morning is the relationship between this all these parties together and you know the. non political. alliance they have their traditional buddies and the military council those who they have their own agenda you know because that is the literacy between very game the previous game and the military council is the current military because so the idea now they start food to be shipped. negotiating. searching is on the way in spain's general election but the country's politics more divided that any time in its recent democratic history no single party is predicted to win an outright majority campaign that was dominated by the rise of the far right and the issue of cattle early is independence saudi arabia reports from the druze. final cool to mobilize the party faithful spain's socialist prime minister pedro sanchez surrounded by a sea of supporters urges them to go to the ballot box the country deserves to turn the page in the last seventy years and look to

they would like to see a civilian taken over there are two offers here on the table the sudanese professional association along with the protesters they have offered a road map for an exit strategy in sudan but the army. says was through waiting for them to make that announcement could be trying to reach out to the opposition and to the protesters about who should take over and under what conditions is it a sign of lack of preparation for this period perhaps some infighting and confusion the fact that it's been now what seven eight hours almost and you know they may have done the coup but they haven't announced what's next indeed it's quite obvious that this was a last minute decision to move into the presidential palace tell president bashir you are out of power but van it's not going to end the crisis you need to control. the main areas interest into the capital you have to ensure that you have the loyalty of the difference between factions of your two porters and that the same time you have to send some reassurances to the civilians that this is just going to be a transition before the power is handed

the meeting would be but the people on the streets are saying that they rely on the sudanese professional association which has been leading for the past four months to be able to talk on their b. have and list their demands and come out the winner and basically produce the results that they have been asking for for the past four months all right from now here thank you very much indeed now there have been several changes in the top leadership just within the past few days and it started on thursday that's of course when the military removed president omar al bashir from power and that ended thirty years of his rule general. who was bush's vice president then he took over as the interim military leader but within twenty four hours he stepped down and he announced that left turn and general abdul fatah. as his replacement now what happened is the third most senior general in the armed forces and had previously met the protests says he's appointed mohammed duggar lowers his deputy now dugald lead sudan's rapid support forces a paramilitary group that grew out of the government militia known as the jung

like and how long before some parties want of one year only while others including the sudanese professional association the body that has been spearheading the calls for protest is demanding a four year transitional period now most parties and the cities. fashionistas station are saying that these protesters here are the only card that they have to put pressure on the military council to hand over power they're saying that if the protesters go from here and leave then they will have no way to force the military council to hand over power to an independent civilian transitional government so they've been calling on people to continue with their state and to continue with the protest until power is handed over the sudanese professional association says that it is going to announce the list of members it wants to see in the cabinet on sunday and people are waiting for that but most of all they're waiting for announcements from the association and from political parties that there will be power handed over from the military council to an independent civilian government so that they can go home and call the

to be the one supervising the transitional government but political parties and the sudanese professional associationis saying that they want to the military council to maintain law and order while they run an independent government so it's not clear yet if a transitional government will be formed any time soon so it's not clear if we will see people moving from the army headquarters in hope to one of the states soon be a you has given sudan fifteen days to form a transitional government and with no process that having been started it's not clear if they will meet that deadline or have a mortgage with perhaps a little hard to him thank you. to algeria where the chairman of the constitutional council has quit his post antigovernment protesters have been calling for his resignation saying he's part of a ruling elite that they are against elections are expected in july following president. resignation earlier this month the demonstrators fear they won't be free nor fair antigovernment protests began in february after the ailing beautifully announced he was running for a fifth term earlier this month the

we've been hearing from members of the sudan professional association of course that's the grouping of as the name implies many young professional sudanese they're the ones who've been mainly responsible for organizing this protest this uprising that began in earnest in mid december last year in khartoum we have we've got our correspondent who can't speak to him just yet we will assume is he's connected up technically but this is the this is the situation that we have just been listening to where these. these members of the professional association seem to be outlining what their demands are none of them seem particularly new but they did make reference and i thought this is quite interesting they did make reference to back stage manipulation by more remnants of the regime now we are learning bit by bit we are learning that in many ways the military and the remnants of the old regime as they describe it are. basically coordinating efforts so that they can very calmly greet tain elements of power now i'm told that we can speak to mohammed valor correspondent in khartoum mohammed i don't know if you are hearing me but i was particularly ta

and ultimately while we are seeing negotiations taking place today with the sudanese professional associations a civilian administration and i think those calls are going to continue on the streets. how well developed a civil society other political groups, given the fact that they have been under the control of the same man for 29 years? the amazing thing about sudan is you have a very pleural political space, a very rich environment for civil society. someone that has existed in neighbouring countries, in western countries as well. but there is no shortage of political parties, over 100 political parties in sudan. and there is an alliance, a declaration for freedom there is an alliance, a declaration forfreedom and there is an alliance, a declaration for freedom and change, there is an alliance, a declaration forfreedom and change, of there is an alliance, a declaration for freedom and change, of both the sudanese professional associations and some of those opposition parties who are negotiating together. the opportunity then for real democracy with a real choice, with free and fair electio

transitional government formed of course at the moment the political parties and the sudanese professional association as well as the military council are yet to decide how that transitional government would look like and how it would be formed so it looks like the sit in front of the army headquarters is not going to come to an end anytime soon. the u.s. is demanding all countries stop buying iranian oil or face sanctions iran exports a little more than a million barrels per day with the majority going to china india south korea and japan washington announced last year that it would impose sanctions on any country important oil from iran but it offered waivers to some key trading partners secretary of state why pompei are now saying is that those waivers what would be the new twin they expire next month south korea has since reactor two pompous announcement saying. negotiations with the u.s. to extend the waiver are under way while the u.s. secretary of state also said the united arab emirates and saudi arabia went on shore sufficient supplies of oil but in riyadh the past to contradict that saying i

parties and to civilian government but the issue is political parties and members of the sudanese professional association the body that has been spearheading the call for protests don't seem to be any closer to forming a government the s.b.a. the sudanese professional association said it will mean members from its side. that it wants to see in the cabinet tomorrow but other political parties are still differing on how long the transitional government should be how it should be run because the current the military council wants to be the one taking charge so at the moment as much as there is pressure on the military council to hand over power to civilian government it looks like political parties that are the ones to decide how soon that government will be formed mali is raising political uncertainty after the resignation of the prime minister and his entire government on friday it follows weeks of mass protests over ethnic violence over one hundred sixty filoni villagers were killed last month by government suspected of being from the rival doggone ethnic group demonstrators angry at the government and f

all areas of societies in sudan so we're going to have to wait for a reaction from the sudanese professional associationthat 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 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 and 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 also have christian salumi she joins us live now from the united nat

yes indeed martine and the sudanese professional association that spearheading the calls for protests have told protesters not just here in the capital in front of the army headquarters but in the states and around sudan as well to come out and head to their army headquarters there and protest there is saying that the military council which is now in charge since president bashir is out thing last thursday has not made any step towards fulfilling their demands which includes abolishing the national intelligence and security agency and holding members of the former government accountable now we've heard from the military council and they've said that they have arrested members of the former regime and that they will be presented to trial the council also said that it is going to make reforms to the judiciary system and to the national intelligence and security services but people on the streets are saying that is not enough there's also the issue of the transitional government it's not yet formed the military council at the moment is in charge and they're talking to political parties t

members of the sudanese for affectionate association the body that has been spearheading the call for protests don't seem to be any closer to forming a government the s.b.a. the sudanese professional association said it will mean members from its side to this that it wants to see in the cabinet tomorrow but other political parties are still differing on how long the transitional government should be how it should be run because the military council wants to be the one taking charge so at the moment as much as there is pressure on the military council to hand over power to civilian government it looks like political parties that are the ones to decide how soon that government will be formed is the s.p.l. not addressing the prime criticism of it as much as people are saying look you are not a cohesive movement not yet and different people are either doing different things or they're demanding different things at a different rate and somebody is going to you're most want to look get your act together because you're talking about in effect replacing the military with the military and unless you display all the tools in the box to run a country you're not going to get there. well peter

declaration of freedom and change which includes twenty two political parties and the sudanese professional association the body that has been spearheading calls for protests in sudan for the past four months have said that the military council is not keen to hand over parts of civilian government they've also said that they don't want the council to include anybody from the former government and from the former ruling party in the upcoming transitional government when that is formed the coalition suspended talks with the government or with it with the military council on sunday saying that unless the council says it is ready to hand over power and recognizes the fact that it's time to hand over power to civilian government then they are not going to continue talks obviously the military council as we've heard from them say that they want all political parties to be in consensus when that transitional government is being formed and not just a single coalition and meanwhile this is all happening where thousands of protesters continue to gather in front of the army headquarters despite the council saying

week they're saying that today of all days they're going to be here waiting for the sudanese professional association the body that has been spearheading the calls for protests to declare the name of the members of its council that will be forming a transitional government and a transitional council now that body is not going to be the executive a transitional body itself it's going to be the council that is parallel to the military council the body that has taken over since the ousting of president all model bashir on the eleventh of april now people are saying that they want the city's professional association to take that step but political parties are not all on board some of them say that announcing that council without contents from all parties is a step that shows a division between the parties and that everything should be unanimous the military council also says that it's not going to accept such a step and that it should all be in quotes nation with parties together now obviously not all parties are on the same page some want a transitional period of one year while others want a period of u

together as one martine and meet at the military council at least have way with the sudanese professional association has been making the call of for people to continue this to ten right now that is happening in front of the army headquarters they're the ones who have been telling thousands and thousands of people around the country for the past four months to continue with their protests and they are saying that they will be the ones to announce when the demands are met when the when they feel that the past four months of protests have finally brought enough results so they're telling the people right now that they're not happy with the talks they're not happy with the way things are going and that's when things go their way and they feel that the civilians have a majority in the transitional government they will make the signal and people can go back home aren't seen all right here thanks for that it will move america responded there live in the sudanese capital khartoum and here in the studio with me is walid madiba who is the founder and president of the sudan policy forum and i was just giving u

what the ruling party is in terms of military so people are not happy with that the sudanese professional association has been asking for a civilian room right now a military council will be taking over sudan for the next two years that's not what they've been asking for but they have been spear spearheading that the process that the sudanese professional association have been the ones organizing the schedule organizing the calls and everything that had to do with the protests so it's not clear how many people will be listening to them but it doesn't look like they've lost their influence at the moment so maybe a lot will be turning out breaking curfew demanding a civilian rule rather than a military rule and briefly here if you can have your reporting in the past has been the way that the airspace over the country has closed the border checkpoints are closed so clearly for twenty four hours nobody is really going anyplace. well except to the army headquarters even before the announcement announcement was made now it was supposed to be made at five o'clock local time or three g.m.t. people have been

so that power is handed over to an independent transitional government we've seen the sudanese professional association butting out a notice late last night that people should continue gathering and protesting in front of the army headquarters and hold friday prayers there today mali's president has accepted the resignation of his prime minister and the entire government it comes after weeks of mass protests over the killing of one hundred sixty follow in the villages the government has been accused of not doing enough to stop the violence. u.s. president donald trump is declaring total victory after the release of a sense of version of rottweilers report into russian collusion but house democrats say they want to see the fall edited text the u.n. envoy for libya is warning fighting for control of tripoli could intensify after an emergency session of the u.n. security council failed to agree a draft resolution for a cease fire. as well as the battle surrounding the capital feiss loyal to the un recognized government have launched a new campaign against wall old so if a hostile in the south of the count

should be for some parties want a period of one year only while others including the sudanese professional association the body that has been spearheading the calls for protest is demanding of four year transitional period now most parties and dissidents professional association are saying that these protesters here are the only card that they have to put pressure on the military council to hand over power they're saying that if the protesters go from here and leave then they will have no way to force the military council to hand over power to an independent civilian transitional government so they've been calling on people to continue with their state and to continue with the protest until power is handed over the sudanese professional association says that it is going to. announced the list of members it wants to see in the cabinet on sunday and people are waiting for that but most of all they're waiting for an announcement from the association and from political parties that there will be power handed over from the military council to an independent civilian government so that they can go home and

and they have been calls for sit ins in front of headquarters around the state by the sudanese professional associationthe body that is spearheading the protest since last december they're saying that if our is not handed over to civilian government that is independent from the from the interactions and has nothing to do with the military council then the protests will not end so far the african union has given sudan fifteen days to form a government that was yesterday so they're now left with two weeks to form a government and they're nowhere near forming fat government and it's not clear yet with the difference between them and between political parties and the council and the amount mandate if they would meet that deadline. was direct policy for the u.s. special envoy to sudan and president obama he says washington has an opportunity to give sudan a second chance this discussion is not new it's been part of ongoing bilateral negotiations with the now fallen regime in sudan the discussion is happening again inside the administration here in washington as.

a prime minister and how they will decide on the makeup of the cabinet meanwhile the sudanese professional association the body that is spearheading the calls for protests are telling people to continue with this attempt for the ninth day in a row people are saying that there their list of demands is not yet met they don't want the resignation they're not ok with the resignation of the former chief of intelligence. they want the complete abolishing of the national intelligence and security services they also want to see the former regime members being tried in the open they want to know who is being arrested what crimes they committed and if they will have a fair trial and be held accountable to all crimes that they've committed during their fifty years in power so at the moment it's not just the political parties in difference with the military council but there seems to be some kind of differences between the parties themselves and until they get together and find a way to form a transitional government many on the street say they will continue to protest. is an international law imposed six on the

the sudanese professionals association, which has spearheaded protest, suspended its contact with a transitionalilitary counsel, saying it is an extension of the old regime. power has to be h handed to the people. as of today, we are entering a confrontation with the military counsel. toprotest leaders called intensify pressure across sudan until power is handed to civilians. pollsections had to the monday, the final day of the -- head tons -- egyptians the polls monday. they overwhelmingly approved proposals last week. >> it is the last day of a three-day referendum in egypt. extend theld duration of the presidential term from four to six years and ensure the president can only be reelected once. would reforms passed, lcc sisi could still be in power in 2013. -- introduce a 25 percent quota of parliamentary seaeats r women. >> it has changed for the better. there is good support for women. >> it is less a referendum on reforms themselves than it is on a benchmark for --. they urged the public to vote yes to the amendment. supporters think he should be allowed to remain in power so he can comple

coup within a coup people are going to accept nobody is just further fuel the unrest sudanese professional association professionals association they've already said they won't accept a military government they don't want even a military transitional government the military knows this at this point right there oh that's very clear from the words there as they sit inside that camp keeping the nation waiting. everybody is waiting to see this announcement they know . that a lot of those protesters if not all of them don't want to see three transition how is that going to impact the military moving here we will have they will have to make a decision very soon because you cannot afford what is that decision is it very include the ambiguity crash crush the protests and they have a well most public and tell people what is happening because if you've been to this sense of ambiguity for twenty four hours the potential for any loyalists or a lot of pressure to stage a comeback is is there because it's ambiguous no one knows whether the ground is still to give favor of his opponents you have to be decisive and y

the coalition made up of opposition parties and the sudanese professionals association has been leading anti-government protests which began at the end of last year. sparked by a rise in fuel and bread prices but they quickly why didn't into demands for bashir to step down and earlier this month a sit in outside the army headquarters in her tomb prompted the army to stage a command since bashir was ousted the military and the coalition have been in talks on a future government over the usual continues until i give you a rare offer syrian government are certain sisters are we seeing the military council is sensible enough drugs that it stands out among some since. the sit in for is now in its fourth week as people wait for a new government the two sides will meet on sunday to try to work out how to deliver that as negotiations continue on the formation of a transitional government protesters continue to keep pressure on the military council over the past three weeks more people have been arriving from different states to go on the sets and they say they want civilians and not the militar