The new leader of Sudan's transitional military council said Saturday he is committed to transferring power to a civilian government within two years and that a night curfew had been canceled.
Lieutenant General Abdel-Fattah Burhan made the announcements during his first televised address, when he also ordered the release of all prisoners jailed under emergency laws ordered by ousted president Omar al-Bashir.
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