Sudanese army says it will convey ‘important message’ after four months of anti-government protests against the Sudanese president. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is reportedly stepping down from his post after 30 years of ruling over the African country, reports said early Thursday morning.Sudan’s state TV says the country’s armed forces will deliver an “important statement” and are asking the nation to “wait for it.”The announcement raised expectations the statement Thursday could address nearly four months of anti-government protests demanding that Bashir step down and could be a sign that he is relinquishing power.Organizers of the protests urged masses to converge and join an ongoing sit-in that has been underway in the capital, Khartoum, since the weekend.
Sudanese radio is playing military marches ahead of the announcement.
The TV s says there’ll be an “important statement from the armed forces after a while, wait for it.”
It comes after clashes between Sudanese security forces and protesters, after an attempt to break the sit-in, leaving 22 dead since Saturday.
Thousands of Sudanese protesters clashed with security forces outside President Bashir’s residence in central Khartoum on Saturday in what appeared to be the biggest demonstration in months of protests against his 30-year rule, witnesses said.
“The approach followed by government apparatus was met with satisfaction from citizens,” Ismail said in a statement. “Sudanese blood is the most precious thing we need to preserve”.
Bashir has refused to step down, saying his opponents need to seek power through the ballot box.
“Today, we won and we are confident that the regime will fall,” said Mohamed Saleh, a 63-year-old university professor who estimated the crowd to be at more than 100,000 people.
An independent estimate for the number of protesters was not immediately available. But witnesses said the protest appeared to be larger than previous ones.
“There are crowds as far as the eye can see,” one witness told Reuters.
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