these are troubled times in sudan and they're these are troubled times in sudan and they‘ re not these are troubled times in sudan and they're not anything to judge by. the outcome of the protests, the results might look shocking to some people. and i don't think we should rush to condemn those who are behind the present situation protests. nobody is rushing to contempt the protesters, one thing that they have said consistently, particularly the sudan professional association, the young professionals behind the protests is that they want to recycle arise the sudan. can i ask you whether you are still sticking to your political islamist views, because you are very much from that wing of the ruling ncp when you were with them up until 2013? do you still want for the dickel islamist? —— political. even in this place, there was a kind of religion —— revision of islamist groups around the country. we need a new definition of religion, and i think thatis definition of religion, and i think that is still valid. we don't want to fall in the trap of these dualisms, secularism, capitalis

long live sudan long live the people of sudan and peace be upon you. playing and i was live from sydney's national television we heard that the defense minister but i would. who since february this year has also been vice president announcing that the army has decided to remove quote the regime and to detain its head that means that the president or the president of the country has been arrested omar al bashir the army will implement a two year. military term transitional council he said with public representation it will cancel the two thousand and five constitution will be a three month state of emergency all political prisoners will be released immediately and during that two year transitional period they will prepare for elections and a new constitution let's go live now to the sudanese capital khartoum al-jazeera skipper morgan is there what are we to make of that. well adrian we've been waiting for that statement for more than five hours and to be honest people did not know exactly who will be leading our good nor has not the defense minister our

there is a lot of instability in regions of sudan, darfur, blue nile, and a former south sudan diplomat does make sudan, said that a quick hand over might lead to a fight using the uncertainty to pursue secession, is that a danger in your view? it is and has always been. it has been set aside, it has been ignored for some time because of problems in other parts of the country were more pressing. that was wrong. we hear news coming from those areas, pointing to the fact they are ready to splinter off from mainland sudan, which is troubling to us and agonising and at a time when everyone seems to be preoccupied with what's happening in the capital here. all right. well, happening in the capital we understand that is where the former president is bashir being held. he's somebody you got to know over many 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

the people who will educated nation if you look at sudan is in the world million of sudan is they have participating in different countries and building other countries and they are not allowed to building their own country because of their way of governing and how to do so this tells you how much actually sudan samah sudan is pretty they have a price and those who are one of them we just hear from the two men he said we need we need a better market a spec that life this is not something really big while to demand so this tells you how much corrupted politics was and so down in the last thirty years even before unfortunately to make that 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

us secession on january in july twentieth level in south sudan to seed it from sudan with a lion's share of the oil fields in the country which was sudan's main source of revenue now we've seen antigovernment protests followed a year after that people demanding that present i want to share step down because they feel like the economy and inflation was too much for them to bear food prices food commodities started increasing in prices and fuel shortages started to appear in the markets and since then really they have been protests two thousand and twelve two thousand and fifteen two thousand and eighteen january and december so that could be one of the more significant turning points for president bashir is south sudan secession even during the past four months when people were protesting you could hear a lot of them saying that president on one of this you split the country that was once africa's largest country and they blamed him for that and his ruling party so obviously for them that was one of the reasons why president bashir had to go but really besides that people have been saying

from sudan and ninety percent of the budget of the republic of south sudan is from oil so significantly the role that oil is playing in the republic of south sudan is very very significant and the data suggest that sixty percent of your g.d.p. is coming from oil how do you think you are going to going forward we've had some tumultuous years in the oil industry are you planning to diversify your economy or further consolidate the role of oil in your economy. our focus is number one we need to increase the production because before the crisis in twenty thirty we were producing three hundred fifty thousand barrels a day but currently we are producing hundred eighty thousand barrels a day so we want to go back to where we used to be that's one number two blocks that has been dormant for the last five years we had as you mean the production there in block one two and four we have resumed the production number three our focus is to make sure that the new blocks. view one and b. two then a one a six we want to have new players because the players that we are having in south sudan we have seen

we took from sudan of course and we took seventy five percent of the oil from sudan and ninety percent of the budget of the republic of south sudan is from oil so significantly the role that the oil is playing in the republic of south sudan is very very significant and the data suggest that sixty percent of your g.d.p. is coming from oil how do you think you are going to going forward we've had some tumultuous years in the oil industry are you planning to diversify your economy or further consolidate the role of oil in your economy. our focus is number one we need to increase the production because before the crisis in twenty thirteen we were producing three hundred fifty thousand barrels a day but currently we are producing hundred eighty thousand barrels a day so we want to go back to where we used to be that's one number two blocks that has been dormant for the last five years we had as you mean the production that in block one two and four we have resumed the production number three our focus is to make sure that the new blocks. view one and b. two then a one a six we want to have

human beings they're writing reports and they have opinions some of them they're not happy with south sudan some of them are not happy with our leadership some of them are even now criticizing the agreement that we have seen if you are for peace why would you criticize peace that has been signed to transition the country and the people of south sudan from war to peace some people are killing not happy with this agreement simply because they don't like the players those who brought peace like the god region and also those who are regular continuing to participate in the government they are not happy with it i'm not surprised that people like. those that i have described are also participating in writing reports like this so that their brand the country as a bad country but for me south sudan is secular full of hope. yes future is very bright we need to organize ourselves like what president salva did now bringing peace make sure that there is internal cohesion in the country and then we will now deliver services and develop this country we don't need anybody from outside to tell us what to d

of sudan what is this moment mean to you. sorry what does this moment mean to you is there anything it is. silly people have suffered for living the lives of. people that lost their children under the. people on the streets beggars we've always wanted to see a better to them and we have a. vision for our country this morning with everything to us. do you think people will leave the streets until they have a civilian administration in charge of the transitional period where you know their professional today the completion has been leading this growth from the beginning. so we basically are information from our selves and it was very clear from the beginning that our aim was to. end this region and have. a government to lead us we have an actual. government that is goaded for by the people so. it's really going out into the streets and. they get what they want. what was the chance and demands of the streets just a short while ago when you were in the protests crowds. well. very well people are celebrating but now it's discussio

moment because sudan is beautiful for the region and the stabilization of of of sudan is very very important for this region so we need the corporation of our neighbor with of the international community sudan has played a very negative role during this region. outside the country and now we are promising we do believe that there is an opportunity for the world to have a positive actor in a very important region of the world. we haven't got very much time but last word to you it's going to take much more than just the army give us a very brief synopsis if you like of the various power factors that make up the armed forces of sudan the question now is whether the un forces are going to split or whether the fret of a civil war which is very real will convince a loyal. officers to tag along with the rebellion. rebellious officer to give up if they think that their colleagues on a great move so what's going to happen in the next twenty four twenty four forty eight hours may be crucial now there is hope because the sudanese. society is full of very qualified people who can step in and take part i

we took from sudan of course and we took seventy five percent of the oil from sudan and ninety percent of the budget of the republic of south sudan is from oil so significantly the role that the oil is playing in the republic of south sudan is very very significant and the data suggest that sixty percent of your g.d.p. is coming from oil how do you think you are going to going forward we've had some tumultuous years in the oil industry are you planning to diversify your economy or further consolidate the role of oil in your economy. our focus is number one we need to increase the production because before the crisis in twenty thirteen we were producing three hundred fifty thousand barrels a day but currently we are producing hundred eighty thousand barrels a day so we want to go back to where we used to be that's one number two blocks that has been dormant for the last five years we had as you mean the production there in block one two and four we have resumed the production number three our focus is to make sure that the new blocks. view one and b. two then a one a six we want to have

could be a sign that the the junior officers or whoever now is taking over in sudan is trying to do the following take control of the headquarters of the national congress party take control of the radio television military bases around the capital but also the top military command scattered across sudan they would like to ensure everyone is on board and everyone is supporting. their push and they would like to minimize any backlash or any preemptive attack by any diehard supporter of particular from the military establishment before they can come out and make the announcement and i think this explains why we've been waiting really for quite some time to get this announcement from the military establishment is it surprising that the army obviously in the army obviously made this plan to make this move. and yet they apparently didn't have a clear idea agreement of vision on what happens next you know the words to simply we understand step down we understand the army has taken over a lot of key institutions and positions but when to be in a bit of a state of limbo for hours now is tha

sudan imports rather you'd be imports gas from sudan and it's full of energy to sudan and this energy is worth millions of dollars a week that is fraction of the cool and the protests there's a lot that has been affected from kenya as well. kenya airways that is the national carrier in kenya through i is just sudan about five times a week and so these disruptions have caused quite an interference of business interruption for kenya airways uganda as well exports coffee to sudan and all these protests and hash economic times have affected these exports to the country as well audrey and there our correspondent in nairobi thank you very much. closer investment ties between nigeria's petroleum ministry and saudi arabia. on the cards following the nigerian oil minister's visit to the kingdom nigeria says the visit ended with a pledge for talks spending the entire oil and gas value chain is five be africa's biggest crude producer of nigeria imports most of its fuel you to insufficient refining infrastructure around khaleesi spending refining operations and for the production in a bid to beco

sudan has been ruled by the military. former prime minister sadiq al—mahdi of the umma party, one of the oldest, biggest parties in sudan, says the military have become hinged to the idea of takeover, so we must have a civilian military charter that makes the military subject to civilian democratic control. are you, general burhan, committed to taking, finally, the army out of sudanese politics? well, they want you to step down, though, the street has made it very clear they don't want the army to stay in power and you've become accustomed to ruling. you're ready now? yes. straightaway? yes. a matter of days. general abdul fattah al burhan, thank you very much indeed for coming on hardtalk. there is a change on the way, it's certainly going to feel a lot cooler, but not really until the end of the week. today, wednesday, it's actually not going to be too bad. temperatures could still get up to around 20 degrees but some of us will need our brollies. there are showers on the way, there could be some thunderstorms too. a

sudan research a and ph d. candidate at yale university good to have your with us so well lead what did you make then of the press conference that took place this friday from the head of the political council of the military council essentially saying that we're not interested in power that we're here to carry out the people's wishes and so on he seemed to be saying all of the right things but is it going to be enough for the protesters who have been out in the streets for weeks now. as a matter of fact they are seeing all of that i think this was the wrong heart was the wrong intention i believe that all what has been said today goes. was one of the head of the council has said the military coast this is a top who remove us on one of the shia from power. i consider. what they have done and what they have said as a spit on the face of the army and the sudanese people they could have called they needed all of this was the civic polity with the professionals union and some other political parties and was the arme

are you really confident there will be a new sudan? iamso confident there will be a new sudan? i am so confident. the resilience of the youth and women in particular 110w the youth and women in particular now on the streets makes me so optimistic that we are going to win, that the wish and will of our people is going to be imposed. could you going to politics yourself? we see president mohamed yousif in time? no, because i'm a great and staunch supporter of young person to be in that place and i prefer this to be a woman. this is my own. and i'm campaigning for this. but i prefer to go back to my profession where i can serve my people better as a university press —— professor rather than a president. i know very little about the intrigues of that. the protest movement of which professor yousif is one of the leaders has many young people in it and that's one of the striking features of this revolution. in fact, one of the striking features of this revolution. infact, one one of the striking features of this revolution. in fact, one young woman is being seen as the icon of th

finally, years of independence for sudan from britain in 1956, for all but ten of those years sudan has been ruled by the military. the former prime minister, one of the old est former prime minister, one of the oldest and biggest parties in sudan, says the military had become hinged to the idea of takeover, so we must have a civilian military charter that makes the military subject to civilian democratic control stop ah you, general burhan, committed to taking, finally, the army out of sudanese politics? well, they want you to step down, though, the street has made it very clear that they don't want the army to stay in power and you've become accustomed to rolling. you are ready now? yes. straightaway? yes. a matter of days. general abdul fattah al burhan thank you very much indeed for coming on hardtalk. there is a change on the way, it's certainly going to feel a lot cooler, but not really until the end of the week. today, wednesday, it's actually not going to be too bad. temperatures could still get up to around 20 degrees but some of us will need our brollies. there are showers on

you've served in south sudan before secession there in 2011, and also in darfur. and i have to put it to you that one darfur leader, sheikh matar younis, in thejustice and equality movement, has described you as also being, as he put it, and i quote, "a bloody murder of the people of sudan in darfur since before 2014". what's your response to that? but do you feel, and i have to say of course you've not been named in any capacity by any international body, because of course we have had names sent by the international criminal court, president bashir, 0mar al—bashir, and ahmed haroun. you don't appear on any list like that. but can i ask you, can you fully defend your actions in darfur? in a statement via spokesman mutasim mohamed saleh, thejem, justice and equality movement, have made a demand that all the war—related detainees in darfur be released. and he says "not releasing them is a call for the continuation of the war and a further rupture of the country," sudan. have you released all detainees?

and we took from sudan of course and we took seventy five percent of the oil from sudan and that ninety percent of the budget of the republic of south sudan is from oil so significantly the role that the oil is playing in the republic of south sudan is very very significant. and the data suggest that sixty percent of your g.d.p. is coming from oil how do you think you are going to going forward we've had some tumultuous years in the oil industry are you planning to diversify your economy or further consolidate the role of oil in your economy. our focus is number one we need to increase the production because before the crisis in twenty thirty we were producing three hundred fifty thousand barrels a day but currently we are producing hundred eighty thousand barrels a day so we want to go back to where we used to be that's one number two blocks that has been dormant for the last five years we had as you mean the production there in block one two and four we have resumed the production number three our focus is to make sure that the new blocks. be one and b two and then a one to a six we w

sudan has been ruled by the military. former prime minister sadiq al—mahdi of the umma party, one of the oldest, biggest parties in sudan, says the military have become hinged to the idea of takeover, so we must have a civilian military charter that makes the military subject to civilian democratic control. are you, general burhan, committed to taking, finally, the army out of sudanese politics? well, they want you to step down, though, the street has made it very clear they don't want the army to stay in power and you've become accustomed to ruling. you're ready now? yes. straightaway? yes. a matter of days. general abdul fattah al burhan, thank you very much indeed for coming on hardtalk. uk forecast in just a moment but first of all we are off to mozambique where it looks like we've got another weather—related disaster on the way. another cyclone, this is cyclone kenneth, picking up strength and it's going to make landfall thursday afternoon in northern mozambique and bringing you through five days of forecast here

news live from berlin sudan's new interim leader says the country will have a new civilian government dressed nation saying a government will be in place within two years he also lifted a nighttime curfew which many pro-democracy demonstrators had defied and they claim another victory as the country's security chief steps down hours after the country's new military leader quits and thousands to five riot police in algeria suppress their demands for democratic change it's the country's eighth consecutive mass protest. i'm calling aspen thanks for joining us the new head of sudan's military council says a civilian government would be formed after consultations with the opposition in his first televised address the tenant general abdel fatah board hon said he was also canceling a curfew ordered by his predecessor the leader also said the transition period would last for a maximum of two years demonstrators have been keeping up the pressure demanding civilian rule activists say sixteen people including a soldier have been killed in the two days since the army ousted longtime president oba

now on bbc news, africa eye: sudan uprising. hello and welcome to bbc africa eye: sudan uprising. today we are talking about sudan, a country that has been rocked by what some say are the largest protests in living memory. it all started in december in atbara, where residents there burnt down the ruling party headquarters. protests quickly spread to the capital, khartoum, and unusually to cities across the whole of sudan, building into a national call for the end of omar al—bashir‘s rule. mr bashir himself has dismissed the anger, saying protesters are merely trying to emulate the arab spring, but many experts and observers see this as the most serious challenge to his rule since he seized power in a 1989 coup. sudan's economy has been crippled by skyrocketing inflation, driven by international sanctions, and a loss of three quarters of its oil to south sudan. with the government out of options, it has been forced to cut subsidies on essentials like fuel and wheat. the banks are now limiting withdrawals to around $10, and over the past few months the price of bread has tripled

sudan's forty million people had waited six hours to hear. being the minister of the vans the chairman of the committee to get rid of this regime and the head of the regime in a safe place i also declare the formation of. transitional council to supervise the two the year of period more than one hundred eight and others close to your have been arrested and political prisoners released as a protester who was arrested by sudan's intelligence agents in january a lot of emotion. for the country. i hire bread prices provoke the first protests four months ago they quickly expanded into demands for the president to end his thirty year rule declared a state of emergency in february which reduced the revolt against him. but since saturday thousands of demonstrators have been camped outside the military headquarters in khartoum close to the president's office the residence at least twenty one people were killed when security forces tried to break up the sit in. six of the dead are reported to be soldiers who intervened to defend the protesters from sec

sudan is not only khartoum i mean you do have the. fifty seven percent of the sudanese land according to the un is declared. a war zone so unless and until you reach for a political settlement with all groups you can develop you can put our national development strategy needless be able to attract you know highly qualified men and women to the do to enhance i mean the institutional capacity of a nation which has been deliberately destroyed an economy which has been totally destroyed but. alluded to a very important point which is the whole issue of dignity you know the sudanese people now they feel very much humiliated by noise and noticing that the people who have committed atrocities against their own kid that in who have killed people deliberately embezzled money it's about amount of money that is you know is timothy to have be visit out of the country is like one hundred twenty billion dollars you see the horse people walking industry it and the military council is saying is not saying that we have put them together and saying tha

so vanity and sudan's stand or position in global sudan's position so we are yet to hear from the government itself about where bashir is but at the moment. it seems like he will be staying in sudan all right and meanwhile there's been another slew of senior officials who've been sacked who've been rapidly dispatched is a consequence of the protesters demands what is the risk the response been from the professional association and the others are they getting any closer to what they actually want. at the moment the sudanese professional association which is spearheading the calls for the protests are saying that they're not any closer to forming a transitional government that's despite the e.u. saying that there's only fifty it's given sudan or the military council only fifteen days to form a government the clock is ticking on the military council they have to come together but they're saying that the ball is in the courts of the political parties and the s.b.a. they are saying that it's up to those parties to decide who the prime minister of the country would be and that it has to be somebod

what the latino you know backing in the case of serial absolutely i think even know that in sudan the regime the army the political parties especially with the team there's a certain minority that. if we learned today after we hear from the army that the street was actually able to split the leader from the military that is a huge success which means when you split the regime and one side of the regime takes a side of the street maybe that's what happened in algeria the last few days then the street there people have a chance they have a bigger chance to get their agenda through but still just the beginning that's the easy part the more difficult part as we've learned in various parts of the arab region whether it's yemen libya and other parts the difficult part is democracy is how do you get from an appeal from arab aleutian to a more democratic more accountable more transparent regime that's very tough because it's easy to change a leader the question is not who will be after al bashir the question is what will come after you moron stay with me because you've opened up a whole can o

to cancel the constitution of sudan phone two thousand and five. to declare the state of emergency for three months. and one month. from ten the evening to food in the morning. air space is closed for twenty four hours and all term result closer to and further notice if you've just joined us we've been reporting for the past ninety minutes or so that sudan's omar al bashir has been ousted by the military in a coup ten hour from out of sarah's looking back at his thirty year rule. and all not a machine a man his career has been defined by rule he lets it down through various conflicts and during the break up of africa's knowledge of the country he was the last man to lead a united sudan i'll bet she came to power in a bloodless minute treats. in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine overthrowing a democratically elected government he ran the country as a military ruler for more than twenty five years where conflict was almost constant . two civil wars between the north and south cost the lives of one and a half million people. and the continuing con

this emergency summit talking about sudan what can they try to achieve here. yes peter this seems to be a continuation of the efforts that have been deployed by the african union man has been here two days ago to talk to the different parties to this conflict in sudan he has met with the military council and also with the protesters and the political parties and now we see the summit many african leaders are attending and the effort they are on the purpose is to encourage the sudanese to go to the negotiation table to avoid conflict to avoid escalation and also to show support of the african union to any peace process any process of transition a peaceful transition in sudan from a military rule to a civilian rule there is a delegation that is going there us at the knees delegation and all the leaders will try to. convince all the parties all the speeches today for consultations to avoid escalation as i said to speed up the process of a transition to a civilian government the african union a little more than a week ago gave an ultimatum to the military council.

it is happening in sudan right now. it isa is happening in sudan right now. it is a state which practices always torture, killing. let me bring you into response to that. what are your thoughts on what he has just said? yes, he said that this is a security state. that means this is a state, a nation state. but this is not correct. i can say there is a law. there is a judicial system. there is an attorney general. so whenever there is the use of excessive force... the president has blamed the arab spring for the proteas. erie is talking in egypt injanuary. what you make of that? it seems like he is dismissing this as a fad. what you make of that? it seems like he is dismissing this as a fadm is his habit, his culture, the way he always speaks. what is happening now is not, apart from the arab spring, it is the sudanese summer. it isa spring, it is the sudanese summer. it is a sudanese evolution against those who ruled the country since 1989. there are some parallels. the people are using the same child on the arab spring saying that the people want the fall of

sudan's uprising started in december 2018. at first, people were protesting a hike in fuel and food prices, but the demonstrations quickly turned into a revolt against the president, 0mar al—bashir. crowds chanted slogans from the arab spring revolutions of 2011. the government has responded with violence. security forces have used live ammunition. according to human rights groups, they have killed more than 50 of their own citizens, but they are not just dispersing protests. sudanese activists have recorded dozens of videos that show the abduction of individual dissidents. we have now analysed more than 200 videos from the uprising. in order to protect the people who filmed them we cannot share the exact locations at which they were recorded, but we can use them to show you the hit squads in action. this is what they look like. teams of around six men in white toyota pickup trucks, sometimes with their numberplates removed or covered up. some are military uniforms, others in plain clothes. many are wearing masks and carryin

i think it is an option i think there are certain people need to be removed from sudan to society for us to have a chance at establishing a democracy and for sudan to have a chance at real peace for the next few years but you know if uganda where to take him in that wouldn't guarantee a trial i mean for for the crimes he committed in sudan would that be acceptable that he just left with no trial. the what the protesters are palling for is trials for everyone that has participated in any war crimes. so definitely we would like to see him trial. we need to see some of these people removed so ideally they need to be tried at the i.c.c. and i have often said that my views on the i.c.c. have changed over time for me now the priority is stability in sudan but there truly is it's the one thing that is scaring us the most is that during a model bashir era many many factions were armed and we are sudan is in an incredibly fragile situation so at the moment anything that can be negotiated. to guarantee peace and stability in the country that is really my priority and i said i can really only of

one day after sudan's military deposed president. the head of the military council's political committee defended the coup at a news conference and he said the military has no plans to stay in power and promised the new transitional government would be run by civilians. no. we have not come with future solutions the solutions will be devised by those in protest and those staging sit ins you the people will provide solutions for all political economic and social issues we have come with no ideology we are the people of the armed forces we have come here to maintain order security and provide an opportunity for the people to achieve change they have been aspiring to and to devise their own visions for the leadership we have no ambition at all to hold the reins of power. the night before tens of thousands of protesters defied the nighttime curfew that had been announced and on friday demonstrators were on the streets again there was thank you now people from all walks of life on a. bet on this day well i think i need the. level of the.

no because sudan has the. military council has made it quite clear that they will remain involved in yemen and in fact the current head of the military council was the person who was in charge of. sending forces to yemen under the previous regime so i don't see any change there though there may in fact be if there is a strong civilian or an active civilian government that replaces the military council there may be a shift in time but not right now a stance and persuade your expertise very much thank you. and libya fighters loyal to the u.n. recognized government have launched a new campaign against warlord khalifa haftar in the south of course forces are battling government troops for control of the capital tripoli a group aligned to the government has taken advantage of our forces being tied up in the north to capture one of his bases in southern libya let's talk to our libya correspondent moved up to head who is live in tripoli so what can you tell us about what's happening in the south. well it seems that t

moment because sudan is beautiful for the region and this double is ition of of of sudan is very very important for this region so we need the corporation of our neighbor with of the international community sudan has played a very negative role during this region. outside the country and now we are promising we do believe that there is an opportunity for the world to have a positive actor in a very important region of the world at we haven't got very much time but last word to you it's going to take much more than just the army give us a very brief synopsis if you like of the various power factors that make up the armed forces of sudan the question now is whether the un forces are going to split or whether the fret of a civil war which is very real will convince a loyal. officers to tag along with the rebellion of vice versa a rebellious officer to to give up if they think that their colleagues on a great move so what's going to happen in the next twenty four twenty four forty eight hours may be crucial now there is hope because the sudanese. society is full of very qualified people w

sudan's fourteen million people had waited six hours to hear. the minister of the vans the chairman of the committee to get rid of the regime. the head of the regime in place i also declare the formation of. the year of period more than one hundred eighteen others close to have been arrested and political prisoners released as a protester who was arrested by sudan's intelligence agents in january a lot of emotion. everyone. hope for the country. i hire bread prices provoked the first protests four months ago the quickly expanded into demands for the president to end his thirty year rule. state of emergency in february which reduced the revolt against him. but since saturday thousands of demonstrators have been camped outside the military headquarters in the town close to the president's office residence at least twenty one people were killed when security forces tried to break up the city and. six of the dead are reported to be soldiers who intervened to defend the protesters from security forces the military high command has said it understands

there's the transitional council in sudan they have already spoken about delay. as well. as my successor. to come out. among. the sheer. from his position as the. chairman of the. transitional council. because he has convinced me and all you was able to be concerned convinced to keep him in his position even for a while with. so this would not be in accordance with the rules of the military and i would like to. hear it or not. the shah this is a responsibility in trust. so i skated it is very important that we think. of this country until principalities and i do hope that those leaders. would have reached the point of working together soon. what on dishes for the benefit of. nation without having to look at special interests or other interests big or small that may preclude progress. or not. to say that this great people and the great army. would like to recommend that you are together and to hope and hope that you would reach. solutions very speedily and i would. hope that this. decision is not misinterpreted. i also. emphasized that i hope this decision is not misinterp

thank you very much for monitoring those developments on that breaking news coming out of sudan. turning now to our other breaking news story the founder of wiki leaks julian assange is under arrest in london police have confirmed he has been has of behalf of u.s. authorities on this video shot by rocks the author of the book cost to russia today shows a song being taken into police custody at the ecuadorian embassy assigned to proof huge the refuge there in two thousand and twelve to avoid extradition to sweden no black musicians of sexual assault his arrest came after the ecuadorian government be drew his asylum. and for the very latest let's go live to london and to do correspondent charlotte ots who is standing in front of the courthouse where julian assange is being held short of what is going on where you are. so there are many supporters gathering here at this hour support of julianna so much they're celebrating as the hero of free speech and transparency and of course juliana sauce himself behind me in the courthouse at this very hour he has spent seven years in the ecuad

and the united states in sudan going to. be relieved from some of the sanctions in the days to come to. him right now especially the relationship between not your you know sudan with course him mean that you know. democracy it might not be actually prior to actually report of the current administration and that is dangerous because we see right now that it's meeting between the on one of the american dream us action in khartoum and him eighty one of the you know you know the deed of the law to support force part of the can do it or some similar that will so for them my fear is that in sudan this fear that you know their consent to be just stability rather than democracy rather than desperation of freedom actually of course various people and the issue of human rights given to be seen but is still actually for you not they have to look you know for a long tim kind of you know rather than for the short game you know counter terrorism or in a kind of you know some sort of you know regular agenda here and there are some long ter

glad you achieved in it's been just over half a year now since a new peace deal was signed in south sudan the overall levels off violence all set to have reduced in the country and many displaced people on now returning to their homes one un run refugee camp in the city off while has seen the number of people taking shelter drop from about forty thousand to around fourteen thousand now here's why the last is peace deal was necessary because in twenty thirteen that's two years off to gain independence south sudan was plunged into civil war the presidents of a kiss sect he's deputy rick michel who he accused of crossing accuse that actually . it ethnically charged fighting to spread across the country tens of thousands were killed and millions forced to fleet a twenty fifteen power sharing deal that returned the shot to the vice presidency last only a year and then michelle fled the country this latest polish sharing agreement signed last august is the latest attempts to bring stability to the world's youngest nation it's been six months since a polish improvement was signed between the war

this could be the end of thirty years of one man's rule in sudan looks like. rolling through the capital cheered on by protesters demanding that president omar al bashir steps down . declare being the minister of defense the chairman of the committee to get rid of this regime and to the head of the regime in a safe place i also declare the formation of a military transitional council to supervise the to be a year of period. more than one hundred officials and close aides to president abbas here are said to have been arrested an order is reported to have been given for political prisoners to be released. you know for its beautiful meaning nothing is. already out and treat. women are singing and dancing everybody happy protests over rising bread prices began four months ago they quickly widened into demands for the president to step down president al bashir declared a state of emergency in february. but since saturday thousands of demonstrators have been camped outside the military's khartoum headquarters several people have been killed as security forces try to

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 to whether that does ignition could be lifted more quickly so should some of the demands of the protesters be met should a civilian led government be put in place should the terms of a transition be articulated right now policymakers in washington are are trying to find a way that they could lift that designation sooner in many ways it prevents debt relief and foreign assistance and other forms of cooperation but above all it's a scarlet letter that really denotes sudan as a kind of pariah state the situation is fast and fluid and folks in washington are trying to keep abreast of developments in these really critical hours and days i do think both the administration and members of congress could step forward right now and articulate that they're ready to support a transition both by lifting rem

put our own bases full of the democratic council mission in sudan we need not to have a company based on one party in this one party contrary should be dismantled because we have to have a country of the kind of all components of the sudan the issue of war and peace and how to get this issue over eradicate it needs a lot of time also the framework of the economy of the country has to be talked out properly and will take a lot of time. and the it goes usually has to be written with the participation of all the components in the sudan via a political and social dialogue to be understood by all the components and all the participants corruption and those who are corrupt have to be. taken to the pool and i have to be irresponsible for all these acts and actions we need to be a strong nation we need to be a great nation and in sudan we all have to be part of the new country civil country that acknowledges the but there versity of of sudan and to govern the country in a transparent way a contrary that is an umbrella for all of the citizen regardless. and their city or religion or color a co

coming up in the next fifteen minutes ah yeah i'm sure a peace deal was signed this is violence in south sudan displaced people are leaving shelters and returning to their homes but i'll say god they really are and what does their future look like. the school kids fighting the funny we have the story of the children checking in to get a deal on this that's wreaking havoc in parts of kenya. that were in abidjan in the ivory coast when young british rangers have been flocking to the west africa's first smartphone film festival. i'm christine wonderwall come to the program i'm glad you're to day and it's been just over half a year now since a new peace deal was signed in south sudan the overall nevels off islands all said to have reduced in the country and many displaced people on now returning to their homes one un run refugee camp in the city off while has seen the number of people taking shelter drop from about forty thousand to around fourteen thousand now here's why the last year's peace deal was necessary because in twenty thirteen that's two years off to gain independence south sudan was p

moment in the history of sudan the his the people of sudan the have world tediously to abreu to the past regime the sudanese people or let's say the demonstrators in the streets now are celebrating this moment and everybody is happy with these new developments and. hiring is one one of one of the militant talents who is acceptable to some symbiosis in its people and i think it's a very good move by a very good move and we are going to go to the world together until we're finished with the hot stuff what the people want to see from general abdel fattah han while the only thing that they want to see. you know they have they have so many demands and so the waiting for the months. to be met if they realize if we realize our demands and i think things will go on the right track if they can to try to to to meet our demands and i think we'll go on the street again so we'll keep watching the government keep watching the work until the so that go back to the right crags that accustomed to that can you never be before they give me can you be most specific in terms of what you want to see but hanse

and for more on the developments in sudan i'm joined now by my colleague. you just saw in that we were she is in khartoum good evening to you from me from the outside when we look at you know that story and we look at what looks like to be historic changes underway in sudan this what it feels like and looks like does it feel like it where you will or. absolutely brant since we arrived a couple of days ago here in the capital you feel like the people here are different i've been in sudan before and this time it certainly is a time of great uncertainty but also great enthusiasm anybody you meet on the street is happy to talk to you and happy to tell you about about this newfound freedom that you feel almost everywhere in the street people are extremely open and and there's this new found desire to express themselves and and to talk about the politics the changes in the political scene that as sudan has has has witnessed in the past couple of weeks that's on the streets but if we're talking about the main protest area where i where we filmed where we filmed th

i was in sudan so i was in sudan i was actually arrested for three weeks and i was working there on the streets a lot of the people going in i just had to leave for some leave but. it's all. brought to start of the in december december and it started. in but i was the one that was in the starboard who was the one that everybody out of their places like this is going people and then slowly started to come organize and till the beginning of the year and then when. i see a. national association started becoming down below everybody's under and everybody was using it as the force we all organized and with them and there was the declaration and change that they announced and everybody signed into it and then we became different groups that work together and that umbrella where the. sudanese professional association wins out a call for the action and then everybody organizes separate me in different groups to make this action work so it was a decentralized movement still is and that's the strength of it and that's why the . national security forces were never able to find leadership or to bre