Crowds waved Sudanese flags as they awaited the outcome of four months of protests demanding an end to Omar al-Bashir's three decades of iron-fisted rule.
KHARTOUM - Huge crowds of jubilant Sudanese thronged squares and thoroughfares across the centre of Khartoum on Thursday as the army promised an "important announcement" after months of protests, an AFP photographer reported.
"The Sudanese army will issue an important statement soon. Wait for it," the state television anchor said, without giving further details.As martial music replaced normal programming, a source working at state television told AFP that at about 5:00 am a group of army officers came to the building. The group spearheading the nationwide demonstrations urged residents of the capital to join the sit-in and thousands heeded it call.
But for the first time on Tuesday night they did not face any "threat" from security agents, said a protester who requested anonymity for security reasons.
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