It has been a month since Sudan ousted veteran president Omar al-Bashir. A military council lead by Awad Ibn Auf has taken over as the interim head of the state. The council however, shows no sign of hading power over to civilian administration. And as a result, protests have intensified.
Thousands of protesters remain encamped outside army headquarters in central Khartoum, vowing to force the generals to cede power.
“We want civilian rule or we will stay here forever,” said protester Iman Hussein, a regular at the sit-in which protesters have kept up since April 6. The military council had vowed to name a civilian leader in April.
The generals have offered a few concessions to placate the protesters, including detaining Bashir in Khartoum's Kober prison and arresting several of his lieutenants. The military have however looked the other way when it comes to fulfilling their promise of appointing a civilian leader.
“They are pressuring us with time, but we are pressuring them with our presence here,” said protester Hussein.
In a telephone call with military council chairman General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, US Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan, backed “the Sudanese people's aspirations for a free, democratic and prosperous future”.
