Senior Sudanese officials say army forced President al-Bashir to step down; circumstances unclear
• Reports on political Arrests of former officials, guards, party leaders • it’s 7:30 am in KhartoumSeveral military vehicles carrying troops entered the army compound in the early hours of Thursday, witnesses said.
The group spearheading the nationwide demonstrations urged residents of the capital to mass outside army headquarters. That came after 11 people, including six members of the security forces, were killed on Tuesday during demonstrations in the capital, government spokesperson Hassan Ismail told the official SUNA news agency.
Earlier this week, the US, Britain and Norway for the first time threw their weight behind the protesters."The time has come for the Sudanese authorities to respond to these popular demands in a serious" way, the countries' Khartoum embassies said in a statement. Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes and genocide, came to power in a 1989 coup. He remains one of the longest serving presidents in Africa.
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