Al-Bashir Arrested, State of Emergency Declared in Sudan

The Sudanese Defence Minister, Awad Ahmed Ibn Auf, has been sworn-in as interim president of Sudan, after Defence Minister Awad Ibn Ouf said on state television that the army would lead a two-year transitional period followed by elections.

Wad Madani, capital of El Gezira state is also seeing a large response to the call for popular uprising (file photo).

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