Sudanese military scraps transition agreement after deadly attack

Sudan’s opposition has rejected a plan by the country’s military rulers to hold elections within nine months, Aljazeera reports.

This came in a day after a deadly attack that killed 35 protesters when security forces stormed a camp outside the defence ministry in central Khartoum.

The army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan who announced in a televised statement that the plan had been cancelled said an election would take place under regional and international supervision.

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The Transitional Military Council overthrew president Omar al-Bashir in April after months of protests against his authoritarian rule and had agreed a three-year transition period to a civilian administration.

While the violence has drawn strong criticism from the US, Egypt and other nations, the European Union urged a speedy transfer of power to civilians.

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