There is a sense of mounting anticipation in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum. An announcement by the army is now expected raising anticipation that President Omar al-Bashir’s 30 years in power are coming to an end.
Tens of thousands of people have been maintaining a protest vigil outside military headquarters since Saturday, demanding the removal of the president.
On two successive nights they were attacked by intelligence and militia forces loyal to him – and on both occasions the army stepped in to protect them.
This was an early sign of fracturing in a previously steadfast security establishment.
A respected Sudanese journalist says she understands that a meeting of Sudan’s top military and security brass is taking place right now to discuss who will lead a new transitional High Council of Armed forces.
Sudanese military vehicles have been positioned on strategic key roads and bridges in the capital, Khartoum, Reuters news agency is quoting an unnamed witness as saying.
People are chanting “It [the government] has fallen. We won,” the witness said, Reuters reports.
-Agencies
