Atbara — In the face of country-wide public protests and calls for him to step down, Sudan's President Omar Al Bashir, while still 'talking tough', has hinted at his acceptance of the handover of power to the army.
In the first reaction to the calls on him and his regime to immediately step down, Al Bashir said in a speech at the conclusion of the military shooting festival in Atbara, River Nile state on Monday, that "if the army moves, it does not do so in a vacuum nor to support the agents, but moves to support the homeland and protect its gains".
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