Sudan's military rulers faced pressure from demonstrators and Western governments to hand power to a new civilian government.
Khartoum - Sudan's military rulers faced pressure from demonstrators and Western governments to hand power to a new civilian government Monday as activists warned of an attempt to disperse a 10-day-old mass protest outside army headquarters.
The United States, Britain and Norway urged the military council and other parties to hold talks over the country's transition to civilian rule. "We want to set up a civilian state based on freedom, justice and democracy," a council member, Lieutenant General Yasser al-Ata, told members of several political parties.
The foreign ministry said military council head General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan was "committed to having a complete civilian government" and urged other nations to back the council in order to achieve "the Sudanese goal of democratic transition". On Saturday, Burhan vowed to dismantle Bashir's regime, lifting a night-time curfew with immediate effect.
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