President Omar al-Bashir, who ruled Sudan in autocratic style for 30 years, was overthrown in a military coup.
The State Department, while declining to declare the takeover a coup, said Washington supported a peaceful and democratic Sudan and believed the Sudanese people should be allowed a peaceful transition sooner than two years from now.
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt called for a"swift move to an inclusive, representative, civilian leadership", saying in a tweet that a"military council ruling for 2 years is not the answer".Bashir has been indicted by the International Criminal Court in The Hague and is facing an arrest warrant over allegations of genocide in Sudan's Darfur region during an insurgency that began in 2003 and led to the death of an estimated 300,000 people. He denies the allegations.
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