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Sudanese Military, Protest Leader Sign Transition Deal

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   Updated Aug. 17, 2019, 8:14a.m.

   Sudan's Transitional Military Council and protest leaders have signed a
   historic power-sharing agreement in the capital, Khartoum.

   The pact opens the way for the two factions to form a joint military
   and civilian council that will lead Sudan for three years until
   elections are held for a civilian-led government.

   The transition deal follows months of demonstrations that erupted in
   December over the high price of fuel, and eventually evolved into
   demands for authoritarian President Omar al-Bashir to step down.

   The military forcibly removed Bashir from power in April, but the
   demonstrators continued with protests, calling for democracy after 30
   years of Bashir's rule.

   The transitional council and the opposition leaders agreed to form the
   transitional government in July after three months of violent protests
   that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of pro-democracy demonstrators.
   

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