A crowd in Khartoum is waving flags and setting off flares. The demonstrators are whistling and shouting slogans.
#Soudan Au 7ème soir, à nouveau la joie dans les rues de Khartoum. Deuxième dirigeant indésirable qui jette l'éponge en 2 jours. C'est le général Abdel Fattah Abdulrahman Burhan qui prend le relai, personnalité moins clivante, pas de linge sale à 1ère vue.#اعتصام_القيادة_العامة pic.twitter.com/5MhAxDHYD7
— Sébastien Duhamel (@sebduhamel) 13 апреля 2019 г.
Ibn Auf announced he was stepping down just a day after he was sworn in as the head of the military council. Ibn Auf named Abdel-Fattah al-Burha the new chief of the council. Al-Burha was sworn in late on Friday.
READ MORE: Head of Sudan's Military Transition Council Ibn Auf Resigns — Reports
Sudanese musicians play Ibrahim al-Kashif's 1958 classic "I am African, I am Sudanese". @ikushkush #Sudan #BashirHasFallen #Khartoum #Africa pic.twitter.com/pCg2CuTaJa
— Frank Kodbaye (@Kodbaye) 12 апреля 2019 г.
Notably, the African Union and the European Union have called for a transition of power to a civilian government.
#Soudan Le nouveau chef de l'armée a démissionné le lendemain après avoir prêté serment alors que les dirigeants de l'armée du pays insistaient à dire qu'ils ouvraient la voie à 1 gouvernement civil#Khartoum #Sudan #SudanUprising https://t.co/T1XO1997ix pic.twitter.com/rW0BhidXHJ
— Rebecca Rambar (@RebeccaRambar) 12 апреля 2019 г.
Sudan has seen months of protests that erupted in the country in December. The rallies were initially triggered by a rise in prices for bread and other consumer goods that greatly increased the vulnerability of Sudanese citizens. The protests then took on a new dimension as Sudanese citizens started calling for the resignation of Sudan's President Omar Bashir Bashir, who has been in power for nearly 30 years.
READ MORE: Deposed Sudanese President Bashir to Face Trial in Sudan — Military Council
