Sudan: Army Announces Removal of Bashir and Formation of Military Council

press release

Khartoum — The Defense Minister, lt. gen. Awad Ibn-Auf, the head of the Higher Security Committee, has announced the removal of president Omer al- Bashir from power, arrest him and detained in a safe place.

He announced in statement today, Thursday, the formation of a transitional military council for two years, the suspension of the transitional constitution of 2005, the declaration of a state of emergency for three months and a one-month curfew from 10 pm to 4 am.

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